From the Book - First edition.
Introduction: Starve, smoke, kill : Or: walk a mile in my Frankenhooker boots, Or: style matters, because clothes makes you psychologically naked
San Francisco/the macramé belt : a closet from which to emerge a butterfly
Washington DC/the beltway : war and pleats : I love a man in a command-form fashion statement
Utah, ho!/the chastity belt : here come the brides
Jackson, Wyoming/the frost belt : sled dogs, cowboys, and wolf-fur codpieces
Miami/the sand belt : nudes in jewelry
Kansas/the gun belt : crow-eating and cognitive dissonance in the heartland
Los Angeles/the star belt : Hollywood and the uncanny Valley
The 137th Kentucky Derby/the bourbon belt : lifestyles of the rich and plastered
The Iowa State Fair/the butter belt : the culture in agriculture
The belle jar/the Bible belt : Scarlett wears her corset on the inside
Brooklyn/the futility belt : the false patina of poverty drag
The underworld/the garter belt : appropriations and inappropriations
New York (high) New York (low)/the money belt : the rich get richer, the poor get poorer; they both wear turquoise fur
Never-never land/the emperor's new belt : you can't always get what you want
Occupied territory/the bandolero : Guy Fawkes is the new black
Conclusion: To thine own style be true.
