I haven't read Anne Hollander's work, but Sex and Suits, predictably
enough, made a little splash when it came out. Reviewed positively by
NYT Book Review, the Voice, etc.
I heard a long interview with Hollander on WNYC. She's got a lively
persona and a fun thesis about men's sense of display and sexuality as
projected by their clothing. S & S sounds like a kind of a historical
survey. The one thing she said that surprised me is that she thinks
that the contemporary suit is very sexual, shaping as it does (or is
supposed to) into a V-shaped torso with slim legs. She calls it the
Classical Ideal of the male figure.
This gives you a sense of the kind of speculative fun that she engages
in...
Eric Siegel
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