Patch Work

"Patch Work" by Claire Wilcox is a reflective memoir that explores the profound connection between fashion and personal history. Drawing from her extensive experience as a curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum, Wilcox shares intimate stories of clothing and how they serve as tangible threads weaving together individual lives and memories. Through vivid, poetic prose, the book reveals how garments can embody emotion, history, and identity, inviting readers to see the stories woven into the fabric of everyday objects.