At The Mercy Of Theirc Lothes: Modernism, the Middlebrow, and British Garment Culture

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction: At the Mercy of Their Clothes

1. What Do Women Want? At the Mercy of the Evening Gown

2. Wearable Memorials: Into and Out of the Trenches with the Modern Mac

3. Aspiration to the Extraordinary: Materializing the Subject Through Fancy Dress

4. Serialized Selves: Style, Identity, and the Problem of the Used Garment

Coda: Precious Clothing