What Artists Wear

by Charlie Porter

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“…in the hands of artists, garments reveal themselves. They are pure tools of expression, storytelling, resistance and creativity.” Read more...

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Nonfiction Books » Art » Fashion & Style

What Artists Wear

by Charlie Porter

Recommendations from our site

Other books by Charlie Porter

Bring No Clothes : Bloomsbury and the Philosophy of Fashion by Charlie Porter

Our most recommended books

Perfumes by Luca Turin and Tania Sanchez

Local Knowledge by Clifford Geertz

Perfume by Patrick Suskind

Pleasures of the Imagination by John Brewer

The Rottweiler by Ruth Rendell

The Painting of Modern Life by T J Clark

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Bring No Clothes : Bloomsbury and the Philosophy of Fashion
by Charlie Porter

Perfumes
by Luca Turin and Tania Sanchez

Local Knowledge
by Clifford Geertz

Perfume
by Patrick Suskind

Pleasures of the Imagination
by John Brewer

The Rottweiler
by Ruth Rendell

The Painting of Modern Life
by T J Clark