Dressed to Kill
British Naval Uniform, Masculinity and Contemporary Fashions, 1748-1857
2nd Edition
Published on 28. October 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-1-906367-87-9 (ISBN)
Description
Dressed to Kill is a unique and detailed analysis of naval uniform and its historical, social and economic contexts in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. This fully updated and expanded second edition examines the significance of male fashion
and uniform in the forging of a national, hierarchical and gendered identity.
By drawing upon extensive archival research, Amy Miller provides a greater explanation of the political and social changes that
impacted not only what the Royal Navy wore, but why. Parliamentary records, newspapers and museum archives give a greater contextualisation of the relationship that naval uniform represented - that of a confluence of politics and economics, fashion and popular culture.
Beautifully illustrated throughout, this second edition of Dressed to Kill includes an extensive catalogue of uniforms from the rich collection of the National Maritime Museum and a selection of patterns that examine the construction of the garments.
and uniform in the forging of a national, hierarchical and gendered identity.
By drawing upon extensive archival research, Amy Miller provides a greater explanation of the political and social changes that
impacted not only what the Royal Navy wore, but why. Parliamentary records, newspapers and museum archives give a greater contextualisation of the relationship that naval uniform represented - that of a confluence of politics and economics, fashion and popular culture.
Beautifully illustrated throughout, this second edition of Dressed to Kill includes an extensive catalogue of uniforms from the rich collection of the National Maritime Museum and a selection of patterns that examine the construction of the garments.
More details
Edition
2nd New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
approx. 250 colour images
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 168 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
772 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-906367-87-9 (9781906367879)
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Dr Amy Miller is formerly Curator of Decorative Arts and Material Culture at Royal Museums Greenwich, and the author of The Globetrotter: Victorian Excursions in India, China and Japan (British Library, 2019). She also writes and lectures for a number of institutions, including the Victoria and Albert Museum, on fashion, travel and masculinity.