The dress of the people : everyday fashion in eighteenth-century England / John Styles.
Published / Created:
New Haven : Yale University Press, 2007.
Physical Description:
xi, [1], 432 p. : ill. (mostly col.) ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 -- Conclusion: Popular fashion.
Subject Terms:
Clothing and dress -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.