Quite to his surprise, he was one of 25 semi-finalists in Esquire magazine’s Best Dressed Real Man contest in 2009. He is a member of the American Law Institute and serves on the board of the Authors Guild Foundation. He has appeared on The Colbert Report, The Rachel Maddow Show, and The Dylan Rattigan Show. He is the author of the New York Times notable books The Race Card and Rights Gone Wrong: How Law Corrupts the Struggle for Equality. He writes about law, social and cultural issues and race relations and has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The San Francisco Chronicle, CNN and Slate. Richard Thompson Ford is Professor of Law at Stanford Law School. Discover how we dress and why it still matters. Learn how French dress codes reflected the social order of a given time period as well as the pursuit of individual expression. Walk down history’s red carpet runway to uncover the rules of behavior, etiquette, and customs of clothing. In Dress Codes, How the Laws of Fashion Made History, Stanford Law Professor Richard Thompson Ford presents an informative and entertaining history of the laws of fashion from the Middle Ages to the present day with a focus on French clothing trends. Join us as author Richard Ford discusses his book, Dress Codes: How the Laws of Fashion Made History, with NYT fashion director, Vanessa Friedman.
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