Contents

Author’s Note

Introduction

Chapter 1

Short Skirts, Long Beards

Chapter 2

Modest Medieval

Chapter 3

Ruffs and Hose

Chapter 4

Drums and Wheels

Chapter 5

Sumptuous Stuarts

Chapter 6

Gorgeous Georgians

Chapter 7

False Calves and Rising Moons

Chapter 8

Death by Crinoline

Chapter 9

Bustles

Chapter 10

La Belle Époque

Chapter 11

The Roaring Twenties

Chapter 12

Abominable Trousers and Rationed Fashion

Chapter 13

Cinched and Pinched – A Brave New World?

Conclusion

Endnote

Appendix – For Your Entertainment

Bibliography

Index