Manchester Costumes Gallery

Dust jacket notes by Laura Ashley: "I first stepped over the threshold of Platt Hall two years ago and the hours I have spent there since have been a total enchantment to me. In one of the prettiest buildings in England is housed a collection of costumes expressing the hopes and dreams, as well as the duties and orderliness, of the town and country people of the region during the 18th and 19th centuries. The poignancy of the collection is heightened by the fact that the era it represents coincid... [Read More]

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Physical description; 30 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. Subjects; Children's clothing - England - History. Clothing and dress - England - History. Children's costumes - England - History.

This illustrated survey of 600 years of fashion investigates its cultural and social meanings from medieval Europe to 20th-century America. It provides a guide to the changes in style and taste, and challenges existing fashion histories, showing that clothes have always played a pivotal role in defining a sense of identity and society, especially when concerned with sexual and body politics. With a chronological structure, each chapter focuses on both male and female fashion of a specific period... [Read More]