History of Twentieth Century FashionExplains contemporary changes in making fashionable garments accessible to all classes of women, culminating in mass production of women's ready-to-wear. |
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... blouse became 26 The infinite variety of the Edwardian blouse . 1904 SWAN & EDGAR REGENT ST . PICCADILLY BLOUSE DEPT . Large Selection Jap . & GrĂªpe de Chire SLIPS . GOODS SENT ON APPROVAL 25 Evening blouses . 1907 No Smart Ivery Jap Sk ...
... blouse became 26 The infinite variety of the Edwardian blouse . 1904 SWAN & EDGAR REGENT ST . PICCADILLY BLOUSE DEPT . Large Selection Jap . & GrĂªpe de Chire SLIPS . GOODS SENT ON APPROVAL 25 Evening blouses . 1907 No Smart Ivery Jap Sk ...
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... blouses of handsome material and of excellent workmanship are made ... by girls who are paid considerably less than 10s . a week . A silk blouse was shown to one of us for the making of which 10d . had been paid . Back and was Paul ...
... blouses of handsome material and of excellent workmanship are made ... by girls who are paid considerably less than 10s . a week . A silk blouse was shown to one of us for the making of which 10d . had been paid . Back and was Paul ...
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Elizabeth Ewing. chief blouses ( two a day ) , and 2s . or 2s . 3d . for lace blouses ( one a day ) . Many of these were sold at high prices in good shops . The investigation adds that ' blouse - makers employed even in first- rate West ...
Elizabeth Ewing. chief blouses ( two a day ) , and 2s . or 2s . 3d . for lace blouses ( one a day ) . Many of these were sold at high prices in good shops . The investigation adds that ' blouse - makers employed even in first- rate West ...
Contents
Manufacture grows but sweated labour | 48 |
The start of modern fashion and the effect | 62 |
New fashion makers and the new kinds | 99 |
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