Elizabeth Winder, Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953

New clothes left Sylvia reeling with happiness. For Sylvia, a shopping list was a poem. She always shopped alone – it suited her deliberate nature and the artistic joy with which she approached all things aesthetic.

Elizabeth Winder, Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953

New clothes left Sylvia reeling with happiness. For Sylvia, a shopping list was a poem. She always shopped alone – it suited her deliberate nature and the artistic joy with which she approached all things aesthetic.