{"product_id":"the-dress-diary-of-mrs-anne-sykes-secrets-from-a-victorian-womans-wardrobe-hardcover-by-kate-strasdin","title":"The Dress Diary of Mrs Anne Sykes: Secrets from a Victorian Woman's Wardrobe Hardcover by Kate Strasdin","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-nostyle a-vertical a-spacing-none detail-bullet-list\"\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003ePublisher\n ‏\n :\n ‎\n \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eChatto \u0026amp; Windus (March 28 2023)\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eLanguage\n ‏\n :\n ‎\n \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eEnglish\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eHardcover\n ‏\n :\n ‎\n \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e320 pages\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eISBN-10\n ‏\n :\n ‎\n \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e178474381X\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eISBN-13\n ‏\n :\n ‎\n \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e9781784743819\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eItem weight\n ‏\n :\n ‎\n \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e529 g\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eDimensions\n ‏\n :\n ‎\n \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e16.2 x 3.1 x 22.2 cm\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"item-description\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"item-description__wrapper\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"item-description__content-wrapper\" id=\"item-description__content\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe hidden fabric of a Victorian woman's life - from family and friends to industry and Empire - told through her unique textile scrapbook.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Irresistable' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The story of a singular woman... Kate Strasdin's forensic detective work has finally let Mrs Sykes - and her book - speak again' JUDITH FLANDERS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1838, a young woman was given a diary on her wedding day. Collecting snippets of fabric from a range of garments she carefully annotated each one, creating a unique record of her life and times. Her name was Mrs Anne Sykes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNearly two hundred years later, the diary fell into the hands of Kate Strasdin, a fashion historian and museum curator. Strasdin spent the next six years unravelling the secrets contained within the album's pages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePiece by piece, she charts Anne's journey from the mills of Lancashire to the port of Singapore before tracing her return to England in later years. Fragments of cloth become windows into Victorian life: pirates in Borneo, the complicated etiquette of mourning, poisonous dyes, the British Empire in full swing, rioting over working conditions and the terrible human cost of Britain's cotton industry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is life writing that celebrates ordinary people: the hidden figures, the participants in everyday life. Through the evidence of waistcoats, ball gowns and mourning outfits, Strasdin lays bare the whole of human experience in the most intimate of mediums: the clothes we choose to wear.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An extraordinarily rich record of middle-class Victorian life.. [a] fascinating book' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp class=\"author_summary\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eKate Strasdin\u003c\/b\u003e is a dress historian who has been fascinated by old clothes since she was a child. She is a lecturer in Cultural Studies at Falmouth University and is a freelance consultant for dress and textile exhibitions. She has appeared on \u003ci\u003eThe Great British Sewing Bee \u003c\/i\u003eas an expert.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 2016 she was given an anonymous album full of annotated dress swatches that had been kept in a trunk for over fifty years, its original keeper unknown. She spent the next six years unlocking its secrets.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe lives in Devon with her husband and two children.\r\n \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43139704291489,"sku":"BBSNIJ9781784743819","price":40.8,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/products\/9781784743819.jpg?v=1691103767","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/the-dress-diary-of-mrs-anne-sykes-secrets-from-a-victorian-womans-wardrobe-hardcover-by-kate-strasdin","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}