The dress of the people : everyday fashion in eighteenth-century England / John Styles.

Author/creator Styles, John
Format Book
Publication InfoNew Haven : Yale University Press, ©2007.
Descriptionxi, 432 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Subjects
Clothing and dress--Great Britain. --History. --18th century.
Great Britain--Social life and customs. --History. --18th century.

Contents Introduction: Consuming the eighteenth century -- Travellers' tales : nation and region -- What the people wore -- Clothing biographies -- Keeping up appearances -- Changing clothes -- Fashioning time : watches -- Fashion's favourite : cotton -- Clothing provincial England : fabrics -- Clothing provincial England : garments -- Clothing the metropolis -- The view from above -- The view from below -- Budgeting for clothes -- Clothes and the lifecycle -- Involuntary consumption : objects of charity -- Involuntary consumption : parish paupers -- Involuntary consumption : servants -- Popular fashion.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2007025371
ISBN9780300121193 (cl : alk. paper)
ISBN0300121199 (cl : alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks GT 736 .S79 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold