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I went to graduate school because I was interested in the relationship between fashion and the body. I’ve always liked “old clothes,” and I’m in recovery from an eating disorder, so it wasn’t surprising that I wanted to investigate the connection. Five years later, I often wonder if all I needed was more therapy.
I started seeing a therapist for help with my moods—my blues and my mean reds, or what they more clinically call my anxiety disorder. I told myself I would never bring up that one thing about the clothes. I wouldn’t tell her about my shopping habit.
“When is it okay to start caring about my own appearance again?” Following the recent passing of his father, FSJ editor Anthony Palliparambil, Jr. reflects on the role of dress in the time of grief and mourning.
