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Fiction
![Everyday Use](https://vestoj.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Screenshot-2022-10-24-at-10.02.36.png)
In real life I am a large, big-boned woman with rough, man-working hands. In the winter I wear flannel nightgowns...
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What She Wore
I hesitate to describe Sophy Epstein's dress. You won't like it. In the first place, it was cut too low,...
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I Stand Here Ironing
She was a beautiful baby. The first and only one of our five that was beautiful at birth. You do...
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Fashionietzsche
In truth, I realise there’s not one thing I can actually do in this world so that I could actually,...
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Dressing Gown Farewell
How pitiful the Muses’ hapless suitor A stranger to the dressing gown’s delights. A devotee of fashion, dressed up like...
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Through the Writing Body; a Beginning of a Narrative
This is the scenario: I am lying in bed in my bathrobe and I am trying to write my ideal...
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A Gala Dress
The Babcocks owned their house and a tiny sum in the bank, upon the interest of which they lived. Nobody...
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The Clown
Katie struggled out of a black vintage high-waisted Vivienne Westwood skirt, cringing when she heard the sound of the zipper...
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The Stain or La Dame qui s’est Trompée d’Époque
It’s February 18 1960. Jean Cocteau has just released his film The Testament Of Orpheus. Mme Francine Weisweiller is in...
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Wilderness
On this second day our mood was still cheery, and we continued to wear our best behaviour like freshly pressed...
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Fresh Fever
You looked once again at your phone and wondered if you had time for a quick rub. Your record was...
![Soft Clothes, Plain Faces](https://vestoj.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Bill-Wood-1950s.jpg)
Soft Clothes, Plain Faces
They have a drink on her balcony. She pretends they’re sitting on the terrace of a bar, like they might...