Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-265) and index.
Contents:
Toward a history of appearances -- Clothing's old and new regimes -- The vestimentary landscape of the nineteenth century -- Traditional trades and the rise of ready-made clothing -- New pretensions, new distinctions -- The imperatives of propriety -- Deviations from the norm -- Invisible clothing -- The circulation of fashions.
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