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The Dress Diary of Mrs Anne Sykes: Secrets from a Victorian Woman’s Wardrobe ear-rings "The best kind of book:By Kate Strasdin The hidden fabric of a Victorian woman's life told through her unique scrapbook. In 1838, Anne Sykes was given a diary on her wedding day. Using it to collect snippets of fabric, she created a record of her life and times. Nearly two hundred years later, the diary fell into the hands of fashion historian Kate Strasdin who spent the next six years unravelling the secrets contained within its pages. Piece by piece, she charts Anne's