The Dress Diary of Mrs Anne SykesThe hidden fabric of a Victorian woman's life from family and friends to industry and Empire told through her unique textile 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