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Society & Culture
The stories that pockets, fabric and trenchcoats tell
How did the trench coat morph from its practical military origins to fashion item and spy-wear? Delve into the humble pocket - and its contents - and you'll discover a wealth of social, cultural and political history. Fabrics are woven throughout human history, through Silk Road trading and the European lace wars to the hi-tech fibre of NASA spacesuits.
Guests:
Jane Tynan: author of Trench Coat
Ariane Fennetauz co-authored, with Barbara Burman, ‘The Artful pocket: a hidden history of women’s lives 1660-1900’
Victoria Finlay:‘Fabric: the hidden history of the material world’.
Kassia St Clair- ‘The Golden Thread: How fabric changed history’
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