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By The Hidden History of the Smock Frock: Deception and Disguise (Fashion: Visual & Material Interconnections)

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Review A fascinating read. -- Embroidery Magazine Product Description Traditionally associated with rural ways of life in England, often hand-crafted and held up as one of the only items of English folk dress to survive into the 20th century, the smock frock is an object of curiosity in many museum collections. Drawing on a wide variety of sources from surviving garments to newspapers and photographs, this book reassesses the history of the smock frock to present new social histories. Discussing the smock frock in its widest contexts, the volume explores how garments were handmade and manufactured by the ready-made clothing industry, and bought by men of different trades. It traces the smock frocks usage across England as well as in export markets such as Australia. Following the garments decline in the late 19th century, the book investigates how this essentially utilitarian style of workwear came to be held up as an example of disappearing peasant craft in an emotional response to urbanisation, and how it was preserved by collectors under the influence of the Arts and Crafts movement. Around the turn of the 20th century, the smock frock was reinvented as both womens and childrens wear and is now regularly revived in fashion collections by the likes of Molly Goddard. Drawing together extensive visual and material cultures, Alison Toplis unravels a new history of the smock frock. About the Author Alison Toplis is an honorary research fellow at the University of Wolverhampton, UK. She worked for several years as a dress and textiles specialist at Christie's Auctioneers before teaching at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, UK. She is the author of The Clothing Trade in Provincial England, 1800-1850 (2011).

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Amazon UK
Release Date
11 February 2021
Listed Since
25 December 2019

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