17. Coats and Jackets: From Cavemen to Real Housewives

17. Coats and Jackets: From Cavemen to Real Housewives

1. Liz Mellish, “Early History of Dress,” in Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion, vol. 9, East Europe, Russia, and the Caucasus.

2. Quentin Bell quotes his hero Veblen, in On Human Finery, rev. ed. (London: Hogarth Press, 1976), 15.

3. Robert Selbie, The Anatomy of Costume (New York: Crescent Books, 1977), 15.

4. Stefano Tonchi, “Military Style,” in The Berg Companion to Fashion, ed. Valerie Steele (Oxford: Berg, 2010), 507.

5. Walking dress ensemble (1817–1820) image caption of white silk dress with bands and braiding, Berg Fashion Library.

6. Stefano Tonchi, “Military Style,” in The Berg Companion to Fashion, 507.

7. Ibid.

8. Julia Emberley, “Fur,” in A – Z of Fashion.