MixedThe Times (UK)... [Bari} rather disappointingly steps away from politics or current affairs and keeps her focus on fashion moments in film, art and literature. Bari also overlooks grubby consumerism and the workings of the fashion businesses. By keeping her discussion high on a philosophical plane and favouring abstraction, some of the human interest is lost ... Had Bari grown up French or Italian, would she have been moved to undertake her vindication of the rights of wardrobes? Possibly not. These countries instinctively know the importance of dress and design. For Bari, however, style seems not so much a way of life as an exacting — and often rather earnest — science.
