Architecture-Adjacent Attire for the Urbanist in All of Us

We can’t befriend the gargoyles atop the Chrysler Building, but we can wear them as cufflinks!

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Clothes are tiny buildings for our bodies. Or maybe buildings are big clothes for our tiny bodies. Sheer fabric and skyscraper windows both give the illusion of transparency. Doors and jean zippers alike grant access to the invited. Gleaming spires atop foreboding…