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This is essential reading for anyone who studies or writes about 17th-century dress, as important contributions to the literature such as Danae Tankard's elegantly written and informative book are rare. * Valerie Cumming, Editor of 'Costume: The Journal of the Costume Society' and author of 'The Dictionary of Fashion History' * Drawing on meticulous research and through deft analysis, Danae Tankard's innovative study adds so much to our knowledge of 17th-century clothing. * Maria Hayward, co-editor of The First Book of Dress, and University of Southampton, UK *

Danae Tankard’s new monograph offers a refreshing and much needed perspective on dress practices in seventeenth-century England ... It is essential reading for anybody working on seventeenth-century fashion and dress, as well as those who are interested in the material culture of this century more broadly. * Parergon * What has been particularly interesting in reading this book is that it suggests that many attributes usually thought to have become common in the eighteenth century … were actually well established in the previous century. [It] enhances current scholarship of the period and provides greater understanding of otherwise ignored aspects of clothing. * The Journal of Dress History * This is essential reading for anyone who studies or writes about 17th-century dress, as important contributions to the literature such as Danae Tankard’s elegantly written and informative book are rare. * Valerie Cumming, Editor of 'Costume: The Journal of the Costume Society' and author of 'The Dictionary of Fashion History' * Drawing on meticulous research and through deft analysis, Danae Tankard’s innovative study adds so much to our knowledge of 17th-century clothing. * Maria Hayward, co-editor of The First Book of Dress, and University of Southampton, UK *

What has been particularly interesting in reading this book is that it suggests that many attributes usually thought to have become common in the eighteenth century ... were actually well established in the previous century. [It] enhances current scholarship of the period and provides greater understanding of otherwise ignored aspects of clothing. * The Journal of Dress History * This is essential reading for anyone who studies or writes about 17th-century dress, as important contributions to the literature such as Danae Tankard's elegantly written and informative book are rare. * Valerie Cumming, Editor of 'Costume: The Journal of the Costume Society' and author of 'The Dictionary of Fashion History' * Drawing on meticulous research and through deft analysis, Danae Tankard's innovative study adds so much to our knowledge of 17th-century clothing. * Maria Hayward, co-editor of The First Book of Dress, and University of Southampton, UK *

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Danae Tankard is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Chichester, UK.

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