All the Rage

The renowned social historian unravels a century of women's lives through fashion from 1860 to 1960

The century between the crinoline and the bikini saw more mutations in the ‘ideal’ western woman’s body-shape than any other period.

Renowned social historian Virginia Nicholson unravels a century of women’s lives, exploring fashion and beauty from 1860 to 1960 in her latest book ‘All the Rage’.

Discussing her richly detailed account, encompassing two world wars and a revolution in women’s rights, Nicholson will be joined by pioneering psychoanalyst Susie Orbach, author of ‘Fat is a Feminist Issue’, to explore the power, the pain and the pleasure involved in adorning the female body.