Fashion City: How Jewish Londoners Shaped Global Style: Bethan Bide and Lucie Whitmore. Philip Wilson Publishers (Bloomsbury Publishing), London and Dublin, 2024. 192 pp. 160 col + b&w illus. $28.00. ISBN: 9781781301241.
The article discusses the book *Fashion City: How Jewish Londoners Shaped Global Style*, which serves as a catalogue for an exhibition at the Museum of London Docklands. It highlights the significant contributions of Jewish migrants to London's fashion industry from the late 19th century to the 1970...
| Published in: | Textile History Vol. 54; no. 2; pp. 280 - 282 |
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Nov2023
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