The Wearing of Costume: The Changing Techniques of Wearing Clothes and how to Move in Them, from Roman Britain to the Second World War |
Contents
The General Background | 3 |
The Management of Long Skirts | 9 |
Cloaks | 23 |
Copyright | |
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