Textile History

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    • The Hidden History of the Material World
    • By: Victoria Finlay
    • Narrated by: Victoria Finlay
    • Length: 20 hrs and 18 mins
    • Release date: 03-11-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 12 ratings
    • Victoria Finlay spins us round the globe, weaving stories of our relationship with cloth and completing the trilogy of books which began with her first bestseller Colour: Travels Through the Paintbox....

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    • The First 20,000 Years: Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times
    • By: Elizabeth Wayland Barber
    • Narrated by: Donna Postel
    • Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
    • Release date: 12-06-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 27 ratings
    • New discoveries about the textile arts reveal women's unexpectedly influential role in ancient societies....

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    • How Textiles Made the World
    • By: Virginia I. Postrel
    • Narrated by: Caroline Cole
    • Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
    • Release date: 17-08-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 17 ratings
    • From Paleolithic flax to 3D knitting, explore the global history of textiles and the world they weave together in this enthralling and educational guide....

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    • By: Nicholas de Monchaux
    • Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
    • Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
    • Release date: 13-05-14
    • Language: English
    • 3.5 out of 5 stars 18 ratings
    • When Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin stepped onto the lunar surface in July of 1969, they wore spacesuits made by Playtex: 21 layers of fabric, each with a distinct yet interrelated function....

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    • Secrets from a Victorian Woman’s Wardrobe
    • By: Kate Strasdin
    • Narrated by: Karen Cass
    • Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
    • Release date: 06-06-23
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 7 ratings
    • In 1838, a young woman was given a diary on her wedding day. Collecting snippets of fabric from a range of garments she carefully annotated each one, creating a unique record of her life and times. Her name was Mrs Anne Sykes....

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    • By: Sali Hughes
    • Narrated by: Sali Hughes
    • Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
    • Release date: 20-10-16
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 79 ratings
    • A personal, expert look at iconic beauty products of the past, present and future from Britain's best and most trusted beauty writer....

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    • The Women Who Styled the French Revolution
    • By: Anne Higonnet
    • Narrated by: Elisabeth Lagelee, Anne Higonnet
    • Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
    • Release date: 30-04-24
    • Language: English
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    • Joséphine Bonaparte, future Empress of France; Térézia Tallien, the most beautiful woman in Europe; and Juliette Récamier, muse of intellectuals, had nothing left to lose....

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    • A History in Three Metamorphoses
    • By: Aarathi Prasad
    • Narrated by: Lucinda Roberts, Aarathi Prasad
    • Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release date: 06-07-23
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 4 ratings
    • In a gorgeous history that spans continents and millennia, Aarathi Prasad weaves together the complex story of the queen of fabrics....

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    • In Search of the Color That Seduced the World
    • By: Catherine E. McKinley
    • Narrated by: Tracey Farrar
    • Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
    • Release date: 26-02-13
    • Language: English
    • 3 out of 5 stars 4 ratings
    • Brimming with rich, electrifying tales of the precious dye and its ancient heritage, Indigo is also the story of a personal quest....

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    • A Memoir
    • By: Daniel R. Day
    • Narrated by: Omari Hardwick, Daniel R. Day
    • Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
    • Release date: 09-07-19
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 16 ratings
    • With his now-legendary store on 125th Street in Harlem, Dapper Dan pioneered high-end streetwear in the 1980s, remixing classic luxury-brand logos into his own innovative, glamorous designs. But before he reinvented haute couture, he was a hungry boy with holes in his shoes....

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    • The Inside Story of Vogue
    • By: Nina-Sophia Miralles
    • Narrated by: Helen Duff
    • Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
    • Release date: 18-03-21
    • Language: English
    • 3.5 out of 5 stars 10 ratings
    • Glossy is a story of more than a magazine. It is a story of passion and power, dizzying fortune and out-of-this-world fashion, of ingenuity and opportunism, frivolity and malice. This is the definitive story of Vogue.... 

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    • How Clothing Predicts Economic Cycles, Saves Lives, and Determines the Future
    • By: Syl Tang
    • Narrated by: Randye Kaye
    • Length: 5 hrs and 45 mins
    • Release date: 16-10-17
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • isrobed vividly considers the role that clothing plays in everything from natural disasters to climate change to terrorism to geopolitics to agribusiness....

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    • A Shopper's Guide to France's Best Artisanal Traditions from Limoges Porcelain to Perfume, Pottery, Textiles, and More
    • By: Laura Morelli
    • Narrated by: Laura Morelli
    • Length: 2 hrs and 48 mins
    • Release date: 05-02-19
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • Organized by region, with one chapter devoted to Paris, Made in France takes you on a complete tour of the dazzling, artisanal legacy of France, uncovering off-the-beaten-path destinations and one-of-a-kind, hidden workshops....

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