Target Underwear and a Vera Wang Gown

Notes from a Single Girl's Closet

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Target Underwear and a Vera Wang Gown

Notes from a Single Girl's Closet

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The story of a young woman's life, one outfit at a time. Tucked inside the fibers and buttons and pockets of the clothing in our closets are the stories of our lives, the lessons we've learned, the people we've loved. Like so many of us, Adena Halpern has used clothes to conform, to seduce, to console, to show off, and to hide. Her ability to relate fashion to her inner life—in a way that goes beyond the clothes—has endeared her to many readers, one of whom called her, "the real-life Carrie Bradshaw." But Fashionista, she's not. Adena is: every teenage girl who had to have what all the other girls had, whether it looked good on her or not; the college coed who swooned for the boy in the leather jacket; the heartbroken girl who chose a rebound dress over a rebound man; the best friend who borrows clothes and never gives them back; the woman who is 45 minutes late to work because she has nothing to wear. She is a lover of clothes and shopping...

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Publisher
Gotham
Language
English
Pages
256

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Cover of: Target Underwear and a Vera Wang Gown
Target Underwear and a Vera Wang Gown
2009, Penguin USA, Inc.
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Cover of: Target Underwear and a Vera Wang Gown
Target Underwear and a Vera Wang Gown: Notes from a Single Girl's Closet
May 31, 2007, Gotham
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Cover of: Target Underwear and a Vera Wang Gown
Target Underwear and a Vera Wang Gown: Notes from a Single Girl's Closet
July 6, 2006, Gotham
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First Sentence

"Sometimes I wish that rather than photo albums or scrapbooks, I had a closet full of every piece of clothing that meant anything in my life."

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Number of pages
256
Dimensions
8.4 x 5.6 x 1.2 inches
Weight
13.6 ounces

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL8866408M
Internet Archive
targetunderweara00aden
ISBN 10
1592402216
ISBN 13
9781592402212
OCLC/WorldCat
62134799
Library Thing
1099497
Goodreads
220246

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April 30, 2008 Created by an anonymous user Imported from amazon.com record.