'Buying and making clothes' in A Buck, Dress in Eighteenth Century England

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Author(s) Buck, Anne
Publication type Chapter
Year published 1979
Pages pp156-185
Publisher Batsford
Place Published London

Topics:

Name Consumption, consumerism & associated ethics

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Library:

Name British Library
City London
County Greater London
Country England
Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:

Deals with how clothes were acquired across social classes with an accent on fashion with sections on: 1] from London shops; 2] from provincial shops; 3] from travelling salesmen; 4] from markets and fairs; 5] from second hand sources; 6] via making clothes