The seven veils of the male stomach

dinsdag 1 februari 2022

Uit Bernard Rudofsky, Are clothes modern? An essay on contemporary apparel (Chicago: Paul Theobald 1947) [PDF]:

A diagram showing the 70 buttens of a fully dressed man. A diagram showing the 24 buttens of a fully dressed man.

Fully clothed man carries seventy or more buttons, most of them useless. He has at his disposal two dozen pockets.

A diagram showing seven layers of clothing around the stomach.