Dress Like A Woman, with a foreword by Roxane Gay and introduction by Vanessa Friedman, features more than 300 pictures showing women at work across the world - and examines their evolving roles, from domestic servants to astronauts The Guardian The Golden Globes may have signalled a change in how we report on the red carpet, but women's wardrobes have always meant more than designer labels and risqué lines. Dress Like a Woman: Working Women and What They Wore explores the changes in fashion that reflected the evolution of women's roles over the last century, with 300 photographs of females in various jobs, an introduction by The New York Times fashion director Vanessa Friedman, and a foreword by feminist icon Roxane Gay. Image magazine, Ireland What does it mean to dress 'like a woman'? For a long time (read: too long) the answer was dictated by men. Nowadays, that's changing, albeit with a few exceptions, with women able to choose what they wear to work based on factors like (shock, horror) comfort and style. This evolution is explored in new book. Dress Like A Woman: Working Women And What They Wore. As the 300 photographs show, it means Malala Yousafzai in her salwar kameez, Michelle Obama's power dresses, and the overalls of a million female mechanics, engineers and needleworkers. The point being? That dressing like a woman means dressing however said woman pleases. Red Magazine What does it mean to #DressLikeAWoman? Roxanne Gay and Vanessa Friedman's new book, Dress Like A Woman - with 300 images of female firefighters, health workers and astronauts - shows that there's no easy answer.' Harpers Bazaar Clothes are fun, obviously, but they're fascinating, too. The way women have dressed through time has reflected economics, politics, and the way women's roles have changed. I am so glad someone has taken the time to put all this information in one book, and I can't wait to read it and share it. The Pool With introductions by Vanessa Friedman and Roxane Gay, this photo book explores the history of female power dressing across different classes, cultures, and careers. InStyle Three hundred photos of working women, from astronauts to Amelia Earhart: we heart Dress Like a Woman: Working Women and What They Wore by Roxane Gay and Vanessa Friedman. Irish Tatler a sprawling collection of photos that capture celebrated looks...unusual uniforms...and historically specific tools New York Magazine From astronaut to surgeon, 'Dress Like a Woman: Working Women and What They Wore' (Abrams Image, Pds. 18.99) illustrates women's changing roles over the past century. Among the 300 photographs are famous faces, but it's the images of ordinary women that are the most fascinating, from a teacher in the Democratic Republic of the Congo holding a baby as she points to a blackboard (1989) to a woman helping to construct a dive bomber in Tennessee (1943). i newspaper Skryť popis