Dressed: Fashionable Dress in Aotearoa New Zealand 1840 t...
Regnault, Claire This richly illustrated and lively social history explores the creation, consumption, and spectacle of fashionable dress in Aotearoa New Zealand from 1840 to the early 1900s. Dressmakers were essential contributors to the development of New Zealand, and as a colonial outpost of the British Empire, New Zealand's 19th century dress culture was heavily shaped by international trends. Interactions with Maori, the demands of settler lifestyle, and ...