Getting Dressed
Apr 15, 2019•29 min
Episode description
We discuss the ritual of getting dressed with the help of your valet or maid in the early 20th century. See links below.
Myself When Young by Iris Capell, printed by D.G. Seldon Printing Limited, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (not dated)
John Singer Sargent, The Countess of Essex, Private Collection (1906): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adele_Capell,_Countess_of_Essex#/media/File:The_Countess_of_Essex,_1906.jpg
Henry Poole, Savile Row tailors: https://henrypoole.com/hp/
Le Diable à Paris (1845): https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5578064j
Louis Gould, Mommy dressing : a love story, after a fashion (1998): https://archive.org/details/mommydressinglov00goul
Lucinda Hawksley, The great Victorian beard craze, BBC (17 November 2014): https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-30037914
Kate Strasdin, Inside the Royal Wardrobe: A Dress History of Queen Alexandra (2017): https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/inside-the-royal-wardrobe-9781474269933/
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