Includes bibliographical references (p. [403]-424) and index.
Contents
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 : cotton -- 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 lifecycle -- Involuntary consumption : objects of charity -- Involuntary consumption : parish paupers -- Involuntary consumption : servants -- Popular fashion.
