{"id":22310,"date":"2023-02-28T10:06:43","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T09:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=225033"},"modified":"2023-02-28T11:35:09","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T10:35:09","slug":"pirate-flags-wedding-gowns-a-patchwork-of-a-victorian-life","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/pirate-flags-wedding-gowns-a-patchwork-of-a-victorian-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Pirate flags & wedding gowns: a patchwork of a Victorian life"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fashion historian Kate Strasdin reveals what an extraordinary collection of fabric scraps can reveal about style, culture and ordinary women\u2019s lives in the Victorian era <\/p>

By Ellie Cawthorne\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 28 February 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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In 2016, fashion historian Kate Strasdin was given an extraordinary object \u2013 an album of richly coloured and brightly patterned fabric scraps, all collected by one woman across the Victorian age. Speaking to Ellie Cawthorne, Kate reveals what Anne Sykes\u2019 dress diary can tell us about style, culture and the experiences of ordinary women in the era \u2013 and how it led her to poisonous stockings and pirates in Borneo.<\/p>\n\n

Kate Strasdin is the author of The Dress Diary of Mrs Anne Sykes: Secrets from a Victorian Woman\u2019s Wardrobe<\/em> (Chatto & Windus, 2023)<\/strong><\/p>\n