Anne Hollander's Sex and Suits was, and remains, a major contribution to the study of fashion.

Valerie Steele, Director of the Museum at FIT, New York, US

Entrancing, vivacious…[a] dazzling, whirlwind account of Western costume.

John Updike, The New Yorker

Anne Hollander, who died in 2014, was the Ernst Gombrich of fashion history … [This is] a confident survey of the field … Her text is full of provocations, in particular the idea that women's fashion has historically always lagged behind men's.

London Review of Books

Hollander rides her theories like a surfer, and her wittiest prose retains the note of generosity that gives human curiosity its moral weight.

Diane Middlebrook, The Los Angeles Times

To fully appreciate the suit's aesthetic and erotic success, Hollander treats us to an unfailingly insightful, creative and provocative history of modern fashion. She maintains a rich cultural context while pondering the interplay between sex and the imagination, idealized gender roles and clothing, fashion's unreliability and irony, and the crucial roles the printing press and camera have played in Western fashion's global dominance.

Donna Seaman, Booklist

Hollander's clear, brisk style packs every paragraph with provocative ideas. What is the T-shirt but male underwear with an imprinted motto, a provisional tattoo?

Robert Taylor, Boston Globe