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Stitches in time : the story of the clothes we wear. Lucy Adlington.
By: Adlington, Lucy
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BookPublisher: London : Random House Books, 2016Description: Paperback illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 20 cm.ISBN: 9781847947277 (pbk.) :; 1847947271 (pbk.) :.Subject(s): Fashion -- History | Clothing and dress -- HistoryGenre/Form: Beauty and Fashion.DDC classification: 391.009 Summary: Opening this lavishly illustrated book is like stepping in to a dressing room and riffling through drawers and cupboards to pull out the items within. The reader then discovers what these pieces of clothing reveal about aesthetics, sex, gender, class and lifestyle through the ages. This a stylish tour of the most important developments and the most interesting oddments in the history of fashion, from ancient times to the present day, and is crammed with fascinating and eminently quotable facts.
| Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adult non-fiction book | Warrington Library History | 391.009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34143110244504 |
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Originally published: 2015.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Opening this lavishly illustrated book is like stepping in to a dressing room and riffling through drawers and cupboards to pull out the items within. The reader then discovers what these pieces of clothing reveal about aesthetics, sex, gender, class and lifestyle through the ages. This a stylish tour of the most important developments and the most interesting oddments in the history of fashion, from ancient times to the present day, and is crammed with fascinating and eminently quotable facts.