Emily Spivack, Worn Stories



Jake Nussbaum hosts Emily Spivack, creator of Worn Stories, the Website and printed collection of stories about clothing and memory. The New-York-Times-bestselling book includes tales from Clocktower besties Dustin Yellin and Marina Abramovic!

Spivack is also the founder of Threaded, the Smithsonian's fashion history blog, Shop Well With You, a body-image resource for women surviving cancer, and was a Pioneer Works writer-in-residence in 2015. In this conversation, Nussbaum and Spivack discuss the connection between objects and people, thrifting, Britney Spears, big-box stores, the role of the archivist in society, Spivack's dreams for a Worn Stories Exhibition, and lots more!
 

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