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    Shiny Black Boots

    by John Paul Brammer Jun 22, 2020 2 minutes

    This essay is part of Fashion in Isolation, a special issue on the intimate, contradictory, and ultimately inescapable relationship we have to what we wear.

    I don’t have a favorite article of clothing. Having a favorite anything is for kids, if you ask me. Clothing is like regular old speech, and I don’t

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