Fashion's power over our emotions

By Lorelei Vashti
Updated August 30 2014 - 10:08am, first published August 24 2014 - 3:00am
lorelei vashti
lorelei vashti

When I was 20, my heart started beating so loudly it terrified me. I went to a doctor and she told me I was having a panic attack and that I should try to breathe either more or less, I can't remember which. Then, in a whimsical offhand way, and in a tone of voice that wasn't medical, she added that next time I was freaking out maybe I could try focusing on something other than the distorted white noise of my own mind: why not try, say, focusing on the hem of my dress?

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