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➤ NEWSLETTER
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➤ PRODUCTION
written by Mina Le
edited by Charlee Reiff

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➤ SOURCES
Dressing for Success: The Re-Suiting of Corporate America in the 1970s by Patricia A. Cunningham in Twentieth-Century American Fashion (2005)
The Women’s Dress for Success Book by John Molloy (1977)
“The Clothes I Wear Help Me to Know My Own Power”: The Politics of Gender Presentation in the Era of Women’s Liberation by Betty Luther Hillman (2013)
Dress for Success in the Popular Press by Jennifer Paff Ogle and Mary Lynn Damhorst in Appearance and Power (1999)
Uniforming the Corporate Body in the City of London by Samira Guerra in Uniform: Clothing and Discipline in the Modern World (2019)
Introduction: Fashion, Agency, and Empowerment by Annette Lynch Katalin Medvedev in Fashion, Agency, and Empowerment (2019)
Cubed: A Secret History of the Workplace by Nikil Saval (2014)
https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20240314-monica-lewinsky-reformation-campaign-unexpected-celebrity-collaborations
https://time.com/92989/monica-lewinsky-slut-shaming-feminists-media-apology/
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/shopping/monica-lewinsky-reformation-workwear-voting-campaign-photos-1235836488/
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/monica-lewinsky-got-her-life-back-reformation-fashion-8ldln689r
https://dirt.fyi/article/2024/03/corporate-fetish
https://www.byrdie.com/80s-corporate-fashion-trend-8379860
https://www.byrdie.com/why-is-every-hot-girl-dressing-like-patrick-bateman-6745043
https://nypost.com/2000/04/10/psycho-fashions/

American Psycho – Style Break Down & Defining the Power Suit | #144

https://superwatchman.com/christian-bale-wears-a-seiko-in-the-movie-american-psycho/

Patrick Bateman’s Tuxedo

https://www.ft.com/content/d83d4c11-9d7b-405b-a548-d61bcc27f0ff
https://wwd.com/runway/fall-2023/new-york/luar/review/
https://ashadedviewonfashion.com/2022/11/21/balenciaga-garde-robe-spring-23-campaign-joshua-bright/

https://www.harpersbazaar.com/fashion/a60297833/commutercore-trend-runway-tiktok/
https://www.miumiu.com/us/en/miumiu-club/fashion-shows/fw24-fashion-show.html
https://www.lacma.org/sites/default/files/styles/exhibition_image/public/primary_image/2019-01/M83_200_1a-cM2007_211_688a-AV002-20150406.jpg?itok=dGi6G8rb

A LESSON ON WHAT`S INSIDE THE SUIT

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/lazy-girl-jobs-burnout-culture-rcna97367
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/workplace/hybrid-work-jobs-company-culture-6b1cb6e7
https://dirt.fyi/article/2023/09/corporate-culture
https://www.cartoonshateher.com/p/are-we-sunsetting-ass-and-entering
https://screenrant.com/american-psycho-themes-meaning-explained/
https://youtu.be/RuZKG77vANU?si=YISn_XYB4wvqzhZJ


https://finance.yahoo.com/news/silicon-valley-is-starting-to-kill-some-of-its-famously-lavish-perks-192204600.html
https://www.amacad.org/publication/american-corporation
https://www.vox.com/2014/5/20/5731692/the-surprising-history-of-the-cubicle-and-the-rest-of-the-modern

0:00 – intro
3:32 – what is corpcore?
12:22 – the history of officewear
19:44 – how did we get here?
26:35 – the reality of office life

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