Fashion's Favourite
Author | : Beverly Lemire |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 1991 |
ISBN-10 | : STANFORD:36105002340581 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (81 Downloads) |
Download or read book Fashion's Favourite written by Beverly Lemire and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1991 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The popular fashion for Indian calicos in the seventeenth century and the genesis of the British cotton industry in the eighteenth century reflected new consumer forces at work within Britain. The East India trade encouraged new patterns of domestic demand in Britain, patterns which were not eradicated even with the prohibition of most Indian fabrics in 1721. Parliamentarians and clergy decried the spread of popular fashions that diminished visible social distinctions and undercut traditional manufactures.