TY - BOOK AU - Slater,Alison AU - Atkin,Susan AU - Kealy-Morris,Elizabeth TI - Memories of dress: recollections of material identities SN - 9781350370463 (pbk.) : AV - GT511 PY - 2024/// CY - London PB - Bloomsbury Visual Arts KW - Fashion KW - History KW - Clothing and dress KW - Fashion design KW - Collective memory KW - Beauty and Fashion N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - Memories of clothing feature prominently in (auto)biographies, yet traditionally they have not been subjected to the same level of academic scrutiny as other sources. This book redresses this imbalance by bringing (auto)biographical memories to the centre of a new methodology for understanding fashion history, material culture and other disciplines. Presenting a comprehensive overview of theoretical and practice-based approaches, the book invites readers to explore the relations between clothing and memory through diverse examples ranging from gay men's oral history to Hungarian socialist sewing ER -