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Costume in Malta
A History of Fabric, Form & Fashion
Nicholas de Piro, Vicki Ann Cremona
This highly researched publication is an interesting mine of information that encompasses the history of dress, fashion, styles and accessories from all strata of society.
The volume takes the reader from the peasant economy of the 1400s to the mid-20th century, from the splendour of Grandmaster Pinto's court, to the miseries of the Monte di Pieta. It follows the Maltese peoples' march through the centuries, and prods the reader to study and form opinions not easily reached before the availability of this new and accumulated knowledge. This book also features an article about Madame Manfré, Malta's fashion couturiere.
Costume in Malta is a landmark publication presenting the work of 21 authors who collectively contribute known history, new research, anecdotes and a plethora of hitherto unpublished illustrations. It therefore serves as an essential reference book for sociologists and anthropologists who venture to peer into the aspect of Malta and Gozo's past.
CONTENTS
Notes for a History of Maltese Costume
Guże Cassar Pullicino
Historical Notes on Costume in 15th and Early 16th Century in Malta
Joseph C Sammut
Malta Africana or Malta Europea?
Thomas Freller
Clothes, Status and Class - Symbols and Reality
Carmel Cassar
Law vs Fashion - The Maltese Saga
Giovanni Bonello
Of Tailors, Sempstresses and Shopkeepers in 18th Century Malta
Nicholas de Piro
The Ceremonial Entry into Mdina of Grandmaster Emmanuel Pinto de Fonseca on the 29th of October 1741
Raphael J Camilleri Parlato
A Cursory Look into Cloth and Maltese Society during the times of the Knights
Vincent Zammit
Cotton and Silk in Malta
Fabiana Gorassini & Sara Lachini
The Earliest Lithographs of Maltese Costumes Produced in Malta by Pietro Paolo Caruana
Albert Ganado
Dress at the Theatre from the Majesty of Pinto to the Victorian Fin de Siecle
Vicki Ann Cremona
The Evolution of Uniform in the Royal Navy
Antonio Espinosa Rodriguez
Ties (p.132)
Adrian Strickland
The Revival of the Art of Lacemaking
Pat Earnshaw
Lacemaking at the Centre of Gozitan Daily Life
Consiglia Azzopardi
A Firm Makes History
Vincent Cassar
Cecilia - A Memoir
Gerald de Trafford
Jewellery - Patrician Refinement, Bourgeois Glitter and Country Baubles
Daphne Caruana Galizia & Antoine Xuereb
Madame Manfré: A Dressmaking Legend of the 20th Century
Wilma Friggieri
