Name/Title
Stitches in time : the story of the clothes we wearEntry/Object ID
GT511.A35Description
Riffling through the wardrobes of years gone by, costume historian Lucy Adlington reveals the rich stories underlying the clothes we wear in this stylish tour of the most important developments in the history of fashion, from ancient times to the present day. Starting with underwear - did you know Elizabeth I owned just one pair of drawers, worn only after her death? She moves garment by garment through Western attire, exploring both the items we still wear every day and those that have gone the way of the dodo (sugared petticoats, farthingales and spatterdashers to name but a few). Lavishly illustrated throughout, and crammed with fascinating and eminently quotable facts, Stitches in Time shows how the way we dress is inextricably bound up with considerations of aesthetics, sex, gender, class and lifestyle and offers us the chance to truly appreciate the extraordinary qualities of these, our most ordinary possessions.Lexicon
Search Terms
clothing and dress--history, clothing and dress--social aspects, fashion--historyBook Details
Author
Lucy AdlingtonPublisher
Random HouseDate Published
2015Call No.
GT511.A35ISBN
1847947263, 9781847947260LCCN
2015464291Notes
Length: 454