The dress of the people : everyday fashion in eighteenth-century England /
Styles, John.
New Haven, Conn. ; London : Yale University Press,
c2007.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [403]-424) and index.
Introduction: Consuming the eighteenth century -- Travellers' tales : nation and region -- What the people wore -- Clothing biographies -- Keeping up appearances -- Changing clothes -- Fashioning time : watches -- Fashion's favourite? cottons -- Clothing provincial England : fabrics -- Clothing provincial England : garments -- Clothing the metropolis -- The view from above -- The view from below -- Budgeting for clothes -- Clothes and the life-cycle -- Involuntary consumption? prizes, gifts and charity -- Involuntary consumption? the parish poor -- Involuntary consumption? servants -- Popular fashion.
Clothing and dress