Table of Contents
Acknowledgements vii
Picture Credits viii
Introduction ix
Chapter 1 Fashion Timeline, 1800-1950 1
Women's Styles 2
Men's Dress 14
Children's Clothes 21
Chapter 2 Following Fashion 37
Metropolitan Novelties 37
Regional Variations 38
Technological Advances 40
Presenting an Image 43
The Generation Gap 45
Fashion and Popular Culture 46
Chapter 3 Work Wear: Town and Country 48
Rural Styles 48
Factory Dress 59
Business Modes 64
Chapter 4 Work Wear: Occupational Uniforms 73
Standardised Dress 73
Domestic Servants 74
Behind the Counter 80
Chapter 5 Dressing up, Dressing down 83
'Sunday best' 83
At Home 86
Holiday Clothes 91
Chapter 6 Sports Wear 97
Horse-Riding 97
Tennis 100
Cycling 103
Motoring 105
Golf 108
Walking and Rambling 110
Chapter 7 Special Occasions 113
Bridalwear 113
Mourning Attire 123
Evening Dress 128
Chapter 8 Making and Buying 133
Learning to Sew 133
Home Work 134
Paper Patterns and Sewing Machines 136
Make-do and Mend 139
Hand-Knitting 140
Sourcing Fabrics and Clothes 142
Chapter 9 Caring for Clothes 145
Preserving Fine Apparel 145
The Household Laundry 146
Starching, Drying and Ironing 150
Storing Clothes 152
Chapter 10 Clothing Industry Work 155
Regional Manufactures 155
Dressmakers and Seamstresses 161
Washerwomen and Laundry Workers 166
Chapter 11 Fashion Heirlooms 171
Costume Keepsakes 171
Jewelled Treasures 173
Painted and Printed Records 173
Bibliography 175
Index 177
