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List of IllustrationsPrefaceIntroduction3IToward a History of Appearances6IIClothing's Old and New Regimes15IIIThe Vestimentary Landscape of the Nineteenth Century26IVTraditional Trades and the Rise of Ready-Made Clothing36VThe Department Store and the Spread of Bourgeois Clothing58VINew Pretensions, New Distinctions80VIIThe Imperatives of Propriety87VIIIDeviations from the Norm124IXInvisible Clothing143XThe Circulation of Fashions167Conclusion189Notes193Bibliography253Index267
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