The modern closet was initially a private space, where items could be hidden from public view. But it has been steadily reconceived as a repository of potential and dreams, a place from which a “true” self can emerge.

a deep-seated perception of dress as superficial and inconsequential – that to be interested in clothing is to lack seriousness. Yet here we all are dressed in clothes, making daily decisions about how we will face the world. We might use dress as our armour, a protective carapace to shield us from censure, or we might use it to express our place

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