Dressed to Kill: British Naval Uniform, Masculinity and Contemporary Fashions, 1748-1857 Amy Miller 9781906367879

Dressed to Kill is a unique and detailed analysis of naval uniform and its historical, social and economic contexts in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. This fully updated and expanded second edition examines the significance of male fashion and uniform in the forging of a national, hierarchical and gendered identity. By drawing upon extensive archival research, Amy Miller provides a greater explanation of the political and social changes that impacted not only what the Royal Navy wore, but why. Parliamentary records, newspapers and museum archives give a greater contextualisation of the relationship that naval uniform represented - that of a confluence of politics and economics, fashion and popular culture. Beautifully illustrated throughout, this second edition of Dressed to Kill includes an extensive catalogue of uniforms from the rich collection of the National Maritime Museum and a selection of patterns that examine the construction of the garments.

Fully updated and expanded second edition. Includes a unique catalogue of uniforms and patterns from the National Maritime Museum collection. Analyses the historic origins of British naval uniform and its influence on contemporary fashion.

About the Author
Dr Amy Miller is formerly Curator of Decorative Arts and Material Culture at Royal Museums Greenwich, and the author of The Globetrotter: Victorian Excursions in India, China and Japan (British Library, 2019). She also writes and lectures for a number of institutions, including the Victoria and Albert Museum, on fashion, travel and masculinity.


Book Information
ISBN 9781906367879
Author Amy Miller
Format Paperback
Page Count 256
Imprint National Maritime Museum
Publisher National Maritime Museum