Hilary Davidson is a dress and textile historian based between Britain and Australia, and an Honorary Associate at the University of Sydney. She has curated, lectured, broadcast and published extensively in her field.
“Combining meticulous scholarship and intellectual heft with an
engaging, approachable style is one of the most difficult writing
tasks there is, but Davidson makes it seem effortless, using the
life, the letters and the novels of Austen as an entry point into
her exploration of clothing, its modes of production, its
aesthetics, and its social meaning.”—Kerryn Goldsworthy, Sydney
Morning Herald
“Dress in the Age of Jane Austen is an exemplary model of how to
read historical dress—the objects themselves and their presentation
in text and images—that was well worth the wait.”—Michele Majer,
Costume
“[The author] gives fascinating insights into Austen’s appearance
and also her attitudes to fashion.”—Matthew Westwood, The
Australian
“What Davidson generously presents her reader with . . . is a
systemic primer of Regency fashion, using Austen’s works and her
context as a starting-off point and as the object that the analysis
explicates.”—Denise Baxter, Journal of Modern History
“Davidson treats historical garments as material objects open to
interpretation, helping scholars and fans alike add to the
traditional Austen archive by turning textile to text.”—Elyse
Martin, Perspectives on History
“In a remarkable new book, the textile historian Hilary Davidson
uses Austen’s writing as a lens through which to explore the
evolving fashions of the Regency period at every level of society.
Glorious full-colour illustrations of costumes ranging from linen
bodices to silk pantaloons are stitched together with contextual
observations to create a comprehensive portrait of
late-18th-century life.”—Town & Country UK
“Dress in the Age of Jane Austen gives us a detailed and
comprehensive analysis of Regency fashion and is to be much
welcomed as a single volume survey. . . . The book is beautifully
illustrated with thoughtfully chosen, and often unusual or
unfamiliar images. . . . For dress historians this book sets a
scholarly and inspiring example, which is bound to remain a
standard work of reference for this period.”—Penelope Byrd, Journal
of Dress History
CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title, 2020
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