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I'm not black myself, but my sons are.

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Fashion has underscored the interchangeability of men for a long time, maybe from the outset.

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Because the designers at Baby Gap and Crew Cuts have determined it would be cute if kids dressed like their dads, seemingly every American male between 2 and 52 dresses identically.

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Men's fashion's tendency toward uniformity promises little fun, but at least it offers this: If I wear sweatpants and sneakers, I can pass as the American it's safest to be.

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Years ago, I worked at a fashion magazine. I was the lowest man on the totem pole, one of the only men on that particular pole: a little brother with a dozen older sisters whose grace and glamour I so admired.

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Usually, when you see clothes on a model, by some transitive property, that garment is imbued with her beauty.

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Children's picture books are a unique record of social evolution: in gender roles and racial politics, as is much discussed, but also in fashion and interior design.

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Children's books deal in idealized worlds, so they're a document of how our notion of ideal worlds has changed over time.

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Shot glasses make me think of youth and a mode of drinking and living that was never mine, even when I was the age for it.

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Every sense has the power to transport us through time, but it's taste I find the most mysterious, and writing about it often results in tortured metaphors.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: Unknown

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