Riffling through the wardrobes of years gone by costume historian Lucy Adlington reveals the rich stories underlying the clothes we wear in this stylish tour of the most important developments in the history of fashion from ancient times to the present day Starting with underwear
- did you know Elizabeth I owned just one pair of drawers worn only after her death?
- she moves garment by garment through Western attire exploring both the items we still wear every day & those that have gone the way of the dodo (sugared petticoats farthingales & spatterdashers to name but a few) Beautifully illustrated throughout & crammed with fascinating & eminently"able facts Stitches in Time shows how the way we dress is inextricably bound up with considerations of aesthetics sex gender class & lifestyle
- & offers us the chance to truly appreciate the extraordinary qualities of these our most ordinary possessions