Dress, Culture and Commerce: The English Clothing Trade before the Factory, 1660–1800

Lemire, B.

This work examines a trade that covered the backs of sailors and soldiers, that shirted labouring men and skirted working women, that employed legions of needlewomen and supplied retailers with new consumer wares. Garments, once bought, returned again to the marketplace, circulating like a currency and bolstering demand. The agents in this trade included military contractors for clothing, female outworkers and dealers in used clothes. Each was affected by a changing demand for new-styled 'luxuries' and necessities in apparel.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 1997-03-14

Format: Paperback

ISBN-10: 9781349396689

ISBN-13: 9781349396689

DOI: 10.1057/9780230372757

Dimensions: 229cm x152cm

Pages: 224