This book presents highlights from the Victoria and Albert Museum's exhibition "Undressed: A Brief History of Underwear." The displays encompass men's and women's underclothes from about 1750 to the present and garments which have been infuenced by underwear or developed from it. The majority were designed, made and worn in Britain, Europe and North America.
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Search Terms
clothing and dress--history, exhibition catalogs, lingerie--history, underwear--history
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Category
Exhibition catalog
Book Details
Author
Edwina Ehrman
Publisher
V&A Publishing
Place Published
City
London
Country
England, United Kingdom
Continent
Europe
Date Published
2015
Call No.
GT2073.E74
ISBN
1851778853, 9781851778850
Notes
Length: 112
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Contents
Note
Hygiene and comfort -- Shapeshifters -- Lingerie and hoisery -- Revelation and transformation.
