The Heritage of Dress: Being Notes on the History and Evolution of Clothes
The Heritage of Dress, published in 1907, is Wilfred Mark Webb's study of clothing as a record of its own history. Webb, a naturalist and curator of the Eton College Museum, treats dress the way a biologist treats anatomy, looking for vestiges: buttons that no longer fasten anything, notches in coat collars, bands, the shape of hats and the cut of trousers, each left over from some earlier form. Chapters cover the origins of dress, coats, collars, shoes and stockings, gloves, ornaments and hair, servants' liveries, children's clothes, wedding and mourning garments, church vestments, academic, legal and court dress, military and naval uniforms, stage costume and nightwear, with plates and many drawings. The full text is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first chapter is free.
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