Fashion & Family History: Interpreting How Your Ancestors Dressed

This illustrated volume explores what fashion history can reveal about the lives of your British ancestors.

As Britain evolved from an agrarian society into an urban-industrial nation, dress was transformed. Traditional rural styles gave way to modern city modes, workwear, and holiday attire. Women sewed at home, while advanced textiles and mass-produced goods brought affordable fashion to ordinary people. Many of our predecessors worked as professional garment-makers, laundresses or in oth...