Stitches in Time is a lively and idiosyncratic history of clothing.
Lucy Adlington took an English degree from the University of
Cambridge and an MA in Medieval Studies from the University of
York.
After many years running unique hands-on history workshops and
presentations for museums, schools and heritage sites, Lucy now
specialises in costume history, with a passion for the early
twentieth century. She collects nineteenth- and twentieth-century
costume. Her ambition is to own an eighteenth-century gown of
Spitalfields silk. She runs the popular 'History Wardrobe' series
of talks - delightful costume-in-context presentations, all
featuring original garments and accessories.
Lucy's costume history books, Great War Fashion and Fashion- Women
in World War One, are rich with unique images and anecdotes. Lucy
also writes history-inspired novels for young adults. Her first
five novels, including the award-winning Diary of Pelly D,
Carnegie-nominated Burning Mountain and the exciting new Night
Witches, are published by Hodder Children's Books.
Anyone with a closet full of vintage clothes will find Stitches in
Time a fascinating primer to the art of getting dressed.
*Mail on Sunday*
Lucy Adlington has done something very impressive in making this a
lively, vibrant and constantly interesting history – with each
chapter focusing on a different area of clothing, and the vastly
different history that accompanies each item. Some of the stories
here are utterly fascinating, some rather upsetting, and some
surprisingly moving – not what you would expect from a history of
clothes ... You'll come away far more knowledgeable, and have a
different viewpoint next time you open the wardrobe.
*Bookbag*
An enjoyable and easily accessible read to anyone who has an
interest in the history of clothing, or history in general.
*Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine*
The commentary is cogent and wise... detailed and absorbing
*TLS*
Fascinating
*S Magazine, Sunday Express*
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