The Pocket: A Hidden History of Women's Lives, 1660–1900 - Barbara Burman and Ariane Fennetaux sew house seven ^ pattern assumes zipper tape

^ pattern assumes zipper tape width of 1 ¼”

Considerable fullness gathered into neck edge

like pillows

side pockets

The Eve Trouser is cropped

The Pocket: A Hidden History of Women's Lives, 1660–1900 - Barbara Burman and Ariane Fennetaux sew house seven ^ pattern assumes zipper tapeA New York Times Best Art Book of 2019 This fascinating and enlightening study of the tie on pocket combines materiality and gender to provide new insight into the social history of womens everyday livesfrom duchesses and country gentry to prostitutes and washerwomenand to explore their consumption practices, sociability, mobility, privacy, and identity. A wealth of evidence reveals unexpected facets of the past, bringing womens stories into intimate