Allaire, Christian

The author, a "Vogue" fashion writer, explores the way fashion can give rise to identity and communicate values and ideas to the world. With chapters dedicated to cosplay, braids, Black hair, hijabs, Indigenous fashion, and gender ambiguous style, the author encourages readers to use fashion to express themselves and be proud of who they are. Features over thirty designers, models, and entrepreneurs.

"Style is not just the clothes on our backs--it is self-expression, representation, and transformation. As a fashion-obsessed Ojibwe teen, Christian Allaire rarely saw anyone that looked like him in the magazines or movies he looked to for inspiration. Now the Fashion and Style Writer for 'Vogue,' he is working to change that--because clothes are never just clothes. Men's heels are a statement of pride in the face of LGTBQ+ discrimination, while ribbon shirts honor Indigenous ancestors and keep culture alive. Allaire takes the reader through boldly designed chapters to discuss additional topics like cosplay, make up, hijabs, and hair, probing the connections between fashion and history, culture, politics, and social justice"--Provided by publisher.