Uncross Your Legs: A Life in Fashion

On any given day, more people will be wearing Stan Herman than any other designer in America. But being the most acclaimed uniform designer of our time is only a part of Herman’s life. In Uncross Your Legs: A Life in Fashion, Herman reflects on his inimitable story — from his childhood in Brooklyn, New York, and Passaic, New Jersey, to his days as a young freelancer in the hothouse environment of New York’s Garment Distinct, and then his 16 years as the head of the Council of Fashion Designers of America, where he was instrumental at bringing New York Fashion Week to Bryant Park. However, it is also an uproariously funny and insightful memoir. Threading together serious reflection and irreverent humor, Herman addresses everything, from the history of racism and animal rights in fashion to mortality and the pitfalls of one’s aging anatomy, with equal aplomb. Learn the story behind the man whose vision, over the last 60 years, helped form America’s everyday style.