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A stitch in time: why clothes are such vivid reminders of the life we’ve led

Guardian
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62% Informative

Clothes narrate our lives in a similar way, though unfortunately you can’t fit them into a tiny box.

You can make a charm bracelet out of your clothes, playing a sartorial Desert Island Discs .

Mine would include a pair of navy corduroy Levi ’s trousers that I wore so constantly in the sixth form that when they were in the wash I felt naked.

Our relationship with our clothes is more intimate than with any of our other belongings.

They wrap around us, touching our bodies, taking on our smell.

They go out into the world with us on good days and bad days, protecting us and projecting us.

In Judaism , mourners express their grief by cutting or tearing what they are wearing.

VR Score

50

Informative language

41

Neutral language

42

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

33

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not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

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Known propaganda techniques

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Time-value

long-living

Source diversity

1

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