Love, Loss, and What I Wore - Paperback

from JenneB

So charming. I wish I'd kept a record of all my favorite clothes. Like the green lamé off-the-shoulder top I had in 5th grade. Or the pink plaid sheath dress I had in grad school, that I loved so much I had my mom save it when she evacuated from the fire.

from Judiex

Yesterday I heard a speech by Delia Ephron. She and her late sister Nora wrote the play "Love, Loss and What I Wore" based on the book by Ilene Beckerman. In the evening, I saw the play and bought the book, which I read before going to sleep. The book is Beckerman's story of the clothes she wore ...

from picardyrose

Fascinating and poignant. I remember my mother dressing like this sometimes. Though she never wore a fur made of dead animals biting each other's tails -- that was my grandmother.

from varielle

This inspired me to write down my own history of fashion and it turned out to be more interesting than I ever imagined, at least to me. Ilene Beckerman charted her own course of fashion over five decades and illustrated each pithy event with charming drawings. From rag curls to maternity wear, it...

from smfoster

A life told with style. I remember a few outfits from my childhood--mainly because I only had a few--but Beckerman seems to have total recall of nearly every outfit she ever wore and the circumstances in which she wore them. This deceptively small book packs a big punch and brought tears to my eyes.