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laurawright's review
3.0
A really very interesting book about the history of fashion and the evolution of women's lives. It took me a while to settle into this book, which i think is because I had an idea it would be more about the history of each button and the associated garment, rather than a more generalised history. It really should be titled the other way around: "Lifting the Lid on Women's Lives: The Button Box". This is also a book which is crying out for a couple of colour insert pages with pictures of the buttons and maybe some of the fashions; the little black and white button pictures were just not enough. All that said, this was still a very enjoyable book.
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