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A review by blurrybug
The Button Box: The Story of Women in the 20th century told through the clothes they wore by Lynn Knight
4.0
When did clothes go from being a necessity to a measure of our self worth.
The button box explores clothes for women through the last 150-200 years with a starting point of the button of said clothing.
Most of us grew up in households where our grandma, our mother or even our father had a jar/box of buttons. Old buttons, extra button from a shirt/trousers or new buttons because they looked pretty or was needed for a project.
This was a interesting read cause it combines personal tale, history from the last 150 years (set in England as the authors is English) and shows how clothes goes from usefulness to status.
The button box explores clothes for women through the last 150-200 years with a starting point of the button of said clothing.
Most of us grew up in households where our grandma, our mother or even our father had a jar/box of buttons. Old buttons, extra button from a shirt/trousers or new buttons because they looked pretty or was needed for a project.
This was a interesting read cause it combines personal tale, history from the last 150 years (set in England as the authors is English) and shows how clothes goes from usefulness to status.