Fashioning Regulation, Regulating Fashion: The Uniforms and Dress of the British Army 1800-1815: Volume II

by Ben Townsend

Book Overview

The second part of an investigation into the clothing orders of the late-Georgian British Army, combined and contrasted with an analysis of fashion in the same army - comparing the regulated dress with the 'modes of the army' as revealed by contemporary writing and illustrations.

The first quarter of the nineteenth century witnessed a refinement of fashionable masculine dress that has not since been surpassed. Military tailoring inspired a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1914059123
• ISBN13: 9781914059124
• Release Date: February 2021
• Publisher: Helion & Company
• Length: 468 Pages