Flesh Wounds (excerpt)

"Denial doesn't make it fit."

In college I learned my third fashion lesson: Denial doesn’t make it fit.  

I wanted a pair of jeans.  I’d had one or two pairs as a kid, and one in high school, but this was different.  I was in college now, and I wanted my clothes to say things, just like everyone else.  Not in words, mind you.  I’d never had the option of caring about labels.  I just …