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Book SynopsisWHEN CRINOLINES, BUSTLES AND OSTRICH FEATHERS WERE THE HEIGHT OF COLONIAL FASHION
Trade Review'This is an exquisite book, from its tactile padded cover, stunning black & white and colour images, through to the detail of a pink bookmark ribbon; "Dressed" is a book to savour slowly.' - NZ BookLovers; Author feature in Stuff, "How a Te Papa curator presents the collections in her own home", May 30, 2021.; The May issue of Capital has mentioned Dressed as a "gorgeously illustrated social history of New Zealand clothing."; The Listener's Linda Herrick praised Dressed for its ability to "draw many unknown names and faces out of the shadows of the past" in its exploration into women's fashion. "Dressed provides an important analysis of the history and complexity of fashion, manifest from Aoteoroa New Zealand, with impacts that transcended this space." - Fashion Theory Online Journal 13 Dec 2021
Table of ContentsContents Introduction 6 1 Stitch! Stitch! Stitch! 16 2 Hard Shopping 64 3 Rites of Passage 124 4 Balls, Plain and Fancy 188 5 Feathermania 242 6 Dressing for Royalty 280 7 The Active Woman 326 The Final Word 378 Behind the Image 380 Notes 388 Glossary 413 Bibliography 416 Image Credits 422 Acknowledgements 423 About the Author 425 Index 426.
