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- Title
Shopping, Spectacle & the Senses.
- Authors
Dyer, Serena
- Abstract
The article discusses shopping for fashionable women's clothing and accessories in 18th century London, England. The article examines the social importance of how London women shopped for clothing and how visits to clothing shops and milliner's shops lent significance to sociability. The article discusses the popularity of shopping, how consumer items were displayed by shop staff, and the concept of proxy shopping.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; LONDON (England); SHOPPING &; society; WOMEN; WOMEN'S clothing; CLOTHING &; dress; RETAIL industry; RETAIL industry -- History; SOCIAL conditions in Great Britain; HISTORY of London, England -- 18th century; MANNERS &; customs; HISTORY; EIGHTEENTH century; HISTORY of clothing &; dress
- Publication
History Today, 2015, Vol 65, Issue 3, p30
- ISSN
0018-2753
- Publication type
Article