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Dressed to Kill

British Naval Uniform, Masculinity and Contemporary Fashions, 1748-1857
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A detailed exploration of naval identity, period fashion and masculinity. This fully updated and expanded second edition of the 2007 publication provides a detailed analysis of naval uniform and its historical, social and economic contexts. An extensive catalogue of uniforms from the collection of the National Maritime Museum is accompanied by a selection of patterns which examine the construction of the garments, as well as personal papers, diaries, fiction and other period artefacts. Amy Miller demonstrates the significance of male fashion and uniform in the forging of a national, hierarchical and gendered identity in the 18th and 19th centuries. This new edition contains additional research that provides a greater understanding of the political and social changes that impacted not only what the Royal Navy wore, but why they wore it. 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.
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.
* Fully updated and expanded second edition * Includes a unique catalogue of uniforms and patterns from the National Maritime Museum collection * Analyses the historic origins of British naval uniform and its influence on contemporary fashion
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