On Wed, 25 Oct 1995, Robert A. Baron wrote: > I haven't been following these "threads," but it seems appropriate, here, > to mention that Deborah Tannen, author of _You Just Don't Understand_ and > _That's Not What I Meant_ had a piece in the New York Times Magazine > several years ago that attempted to explore the unarticulated expressive > meaning communicated by the way women choose clothing to wear in different > situtations. > Those interested in this notion that men and women "use" costume differently was reinforced for me this week after hearing an "All Things Considered" NPR interview with the author of the new book "Loves, Losses and What I Was Wearing," or a title almost like that. Among other things, she asserted that if you ask a women, "Do you remember when we went to that neat little restaurant at the beach?" at first the women might say she doesn't remember it, but then if the rejoinder is, "oh, sure you do -- remember, you wore that pink cotton ensemble, with the broad-brimmed hat," the second woman replies, "Oh, yes, now I remember . . . ." Men just don't do that, she says, and I must agree. The whole book recountss autobiographical excerpts and connects them in detailed and fascinating form to fashions and clothing. Richard Perry UC San Diego [log in to unmask]