The Political Importance of a Well-Fitting Jacket: Fashion, Visibility, and Women’s Well-Being (opens in new tab)

There is a vulgar superstition that intelligent women are not supposed to care about clothes. This superstition survives despite mountains of contradictory evidence, including all of civilization. People say clothing is superficial in the same way people say architecture is just shelter, or dinner parties are just calories. These are remarks made by folks who have either never been alive in public or have hired someone to dress them. A new study by Jekaterina Rogaten and Viviana Rullo suggest...