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Author:

Strasdin, Kate, author.

Title:

The dress diary : secrets from a Victorian woman's wardrobe / Kate Strasdin.

Edition:

First Pegasus books cloth edition.

Publisher:

Pegasus Books,

Copyright Date:

2023

Description:

303 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Clothing and dress--Great Britain--History--19th century.
Clothing and dress--Social aspects--19th century--Social aspects--Great Britain.
Textile fabrics--Social aspects.--19th century--Social aspects.
Great Britain--Social life and customs--19th century.
Great Britain--History--Victoria, 1837-1901.
Sykes, Anne--Diaries.
Sykes, Anne--Travel.
Clothing and dress.
Clothing and dress--Social aspects.
Manners and customs.
Textile fabrics--Social aspects.
Travel.
Great Britain.
1800-1901
Diaries.
History.
Diaries.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-289) and index.

Contents:

Preface: A beautiful memory -- Family -- Abroad -- Letters from home -- Return.

Summary:

Through the discovery of one Victorian woman's textile scrapbook, a fashion historian and museum curator unravels the secrets within its pages and the lives of the people within, charting, piece by piece, the whole of human experience in the most intimate of mediums: the clothes people wear.

ISBN:

1639364218
9781639364213

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

FYPI314 -- Dubuque County Library - Asbury Branch (Asbury)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)

UGPF911 -- Indianola Public Library (Indianola)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

S1PD771 -- Johnston Public Library (Johnston)

WWPC305 -- Milford Memorial Library (Milford)