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Carson McCullers, Style Icon

This post was originally published, in slightly different form, on the Harry Ransom Center's blog, Cultural CompassMcCullers Cecil Beaton

Photo of Carson McCullers by Cecil Beaton, via Cultural Compass

It might seem funny that an author’s fashion sense would even be a topic of discussion. What does it matter what a writer wears, so long as she writes? And yet, clothes, accessories, and everyday objects give us tangible, direct links to the past and to the people who wore them, used them, and kept them in their homes.

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