Strasdin, Kate
The Dress Diary of Mrs Anne Sykes: Secrets from a Victorian Woman's Wardrobe
- ISBN 13:
- 9781529920819
- author:
- Strasdin, Kate
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Vintage
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2013
- Pages:
- 320
- Dimensions:
- 19.8 x 12.9 x 2 centimetres (0.2
- Genre:
- Arts & Photography, Art, History,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 7 working days
Description
The Dress Diary of Mrs Anne Sykes: Uncovering the Secrets of a Victorian Woman's Wardrobe In 1838, a young woman was given a diary on her wedding day, a unique textile scrapbook that would become a record of her life and times. Nearly two hundred years later, the diary fell into the hands of Kate Strasdin, a fashion historian and museum curator, who spent six years unraveling its secrets. Through the fragments of cloth that make up the diary, Strasdin charts Anne's journey from the mills of Lancashire to the port of Singapore, tracing her return to England in later years. The diary reveals a world of everyday life, with its own complexities and contradictions, from the etiquette of mourning to the human cost of Britain's cotton industry. This is a fascinating book that celebrates ordinary people and their experiences, using the evidence of clothing to lay bare the whole of human experience.
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