The heritage of dress; being notes on the history and evolution of clothes (1912)
Webb, Wilfred Mark, 1868- · London, The Times Book Club · leaf 52
fascinating study of survivals indress. Afterwards, the general survey of modern clothes willbe continued, and here and there lines of research will beindicated, while some problems will be left for our readers tosolve. In the second part of the book, it is intended to dealwith a certain number of… … suits and dinner jackets and there may be four or more on thegreat coats of pohcemen (see Figure 12) and on the tunics of some soldiers. The first questionwhich we will endeavour toanswer is, Why are they there ?The two upper buttons in thecase of uniforms are now used tosupport a belt, and at…
Costume · Clothing and dress
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