The making of cloth as a central element within industrialization has been the subject of intense scrutiny, yet the industry that created garments from that cloth has been largely neglected. This book remedies this neglect through a study of the Leeds tailoring trade. Leeds occupies a special place in the history of the UK clothing industry: by the outbreak of the First World War it had become the nation's foremost producer of menswear, and the city remained the production and distribution centre for men's tailoring until the 1980s. This book documents the growth of the tailoring industry in Leeds from remarkably small beginnings in the mid-nineteenth century. Developments in manufacturing, and innovations in retailing practices, brought spectacular success, but, from the 1960s, the industry suffered an equally dramatic decline, caused by managerial failure to invest in human resources and by competition from cheap imports. Katrina Honeyman presents an engrossing story of an industry's rise and fall, charting the history of such familiar household names as Burton, Hepworth, Price, and Collier.
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`a lively and well researched book.' Geoffrey Owen, FT 7/11/00.
--Geoffrey Owen, FT 7/11/00
`As an explanation of the changing fortunes of the Leeds clothing industry Honeyman's account is effective...The book is attractively illustrated with maps and photographs of old Leeds. The appendix provides summary information on the histories of a considerable number of Leeds clothing firms, and will be of great assistance to future researchers' John Singleton, Business History
--John Singleton, Business History
`throws new light upon the historical role of the business suit...fills a major gap in the literature of economic and social history ... the work will be widely welcomed by historians of all persuasions...a fascinating survey' Northern History, XXXVIII
--Northern History, XXXVIII
--Geoffrey Owen, FT 7/11/00
`As an explanation of the changing fortunes of the Leeds clothing industry Honeyman's account is effective...The book is attractively illustrated with maps and photographs of old Leeds. The appendix provides summary information on the histories of a considerable number of Leeds clothing firms, and will be of great assistance to future researchers' John Singleton, Business History
--John Singleton, Business History
`throws new light upon the historical role of the business suit...fills a major gap in the literature of economic and social history ... the work will be widely welcomed by historians of all persuasions...a fascinating survey' Northern History, XXXVIII
--Northern History, XXXVIII
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Katrina Honeyman is at University of Leeds.
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