Dress in the form of everyday clothing ... tends to survive mainly in the individual or collective memory of those who wore it. Few such items become the object of museum study but several have come to the forefront of memory in this collection of diverse essays. The "auto/biographical" memories recorded here of everyday dress contribute thought-provoking accounts of the eras in which they were worn.

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<i>Memories of Dress</i> stitches together auto-ethnographic narratives in an exemplary collection of testimonies – moments that matter, stories of lives lived and loves lost, identities constructed and skins shed, the poetics of being human etched into present, past or imagined cloth and clothing. A beautiful and treasured book.

Catherine Harper, The British University in Egypt, Cairo

This exciting and interdisciplinary collection of new essays pursues and develops a neglected theme: the presence, role, and importance of individual and cultural memory in the tings we wear ... The essays are individual, substantial, and represent a serious and valuable contribution to the critical theorization and practice of remembrance in and through fashion, clothing, and textiles.

Malcom Barnard, Loughborough University, UK