My most recent series of self-portraits illustrates the fashion “don’ts” John T. Molloy gives women in his 1977 book, "A Woman’s Dress for Success." Under the guise of scientific research, Malloy instructs women on which outfits and accessories will "make or break" them in the professional world and beyond. By photographing myself wearing the items that he warns against, I am drawing attention to the stiflingly sexist nature of not only this book, but to the conversation which surrounds a woman's appearance. Throughout history, women have adhered to fashion “rules” in an attempt to advance their presence in society and the workplace, and by doing so, have unwittingly suppressed their own version of femininity, authority and sexuality in their wardrobe.
