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Fashion and family history, interpreting how your ancestors dressed, Jayne Shrimpton

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Includes bibliographical references (pages [175]-176) and index

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Fashion and family history

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Jayne Shrimpton

Family history from Pen and Sword

interpreting how your ancestors dressed

"Studying dress history teaches us much about the past. In this skillfully illustrated, accessible and authoritative book, Jayne Shrimpton demonstrates how fashion and clothes represent the everyday experiences of earlier generations, illuminating the world in which they lived. As Britain evolved during the 1800s from a slow-paced agrarian society into an urban-industrial nation, dress was transformed. Traditional rural styles declined and modern city modes, new workwear and holiday gear developed. Women sewed at home, while shopping advanced, novel textiles and mass-produced goods bringing affordable fashion to ordinary people. Many of our predecessors worked as professional garment-makers, laundresses or in other related trades: close to fashion production, as consumers they looked after their clothes. The author explains how, understanding the social significance of dress, the Victorians observed strict etiquette through special costumes for Sundays, marriage and mourning. Poorer families struggled to maintain standards, but young single workers spent their wages on clothes, the older generation cultivating their own discreet style. Twentieth-century dress grew more relaxed and democratic as popular culture influenced fashion for recent generations who enjoyed sport, cinema, music and dancing."--Amazon.com

Fashion timeline, 1800-1950: Women's styles ; Men's dress ; Children's clothes -- Following fashion: Metropolitan novelties ; Regional variations ; Technological advances ; Presenting an image ; The generation gap ; Fashion and popular culture -- Work wear : town and country: Rural styles ; Factory dress ; Business modes -- Work wear : occupational uniforms: Standardised dress ; Domestic servants ; Behind the counter -- Dressing up, dressing down: "Sunday best" ; At home ; Holiday clothes -- Sports wear: Horse-riding ; Tennis ; Cycling ; Motoring ; Golf ; Walking and rambling -- Special occasions: Bridalwear ; Mourning attire ; Evening dress -- Making and buying: Learning to sew ; Home work ; Paper patterns and sewing machines ; Make-do and mend ; Hand-knitting ; Sourcing fabrics and clothes -- Caring for clothes: Preserving fine apparel ; The household laundry ; Starching, drying and ironing ; Storing clothes -- Clothing industry work: Regional manufactures ; Dressmakers and seamstresses ; Washerwomen and laundry workers -- Fashion heirlooms: Costume keepsakes ; Jewelled treasures ; Painted and printed records

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