- Publisher: Pen & Sword
- Year: 2022
- Format: Hardback
- Pages: 184pp
- Illustrated: Yes
- Dimensions: 240x162mm
- Condition: New
- Weight: 0.6kg
- ISBN: 9781399004169
- Product code: 537357
Victorian Fashions for Women
New Hardback Illustrated
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The fashion industry burgeoned in the Victorian era, aided by improved manufacturing and an increase in magazine publishing. Illustrated with contemporary adverts and photographs, this volume traces the changes in women’s clothing from the tight bodices and wide skirts of the 1840s to the 1890s, when puffed sleeves came back into vogue, before concluding with notes on working and mourning outfits.
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_Victorian Fashions_ _for Women_ explores the British styles and clothing throughout the long reign of Queen Victoria, from the late 1830s to the first years of the 20th century. Within are a superb overview of the dresses, hats, hair styles, corsetry, undergarments shoes and boots that combined to present the prevailing styles for each decade. From those who had enough money to have day and evening wear and clothes for sports and outdoor activities, to those with limited income and wardrobes or labouring folk with little more than the clothes they stood up in.
All decades are illustrated with original photographs, adverts and contemporary magazine features from the authors' own remarkable collections, accompanied by a knowledgeable and informative text that describes the fashions, their social history context and influences reflected in the clothes of the time. Laid out in a clear and easy-to-follow chronological order, the key features of styles, decoration and accoutrements will help family historians to date family photographs and will provide a useful resource for students and costume historians or for anyone with a love of fashion and style to enjoy.
All decades are illustrated with original photographs, adverts and contemporary magazine features from the authors' own remarkable collections, accompanied by a knowledgeable and informative text that describes the fashions, their social history context and influences reflected in the clothes of the time. Laid out in a clear and easy-to-follow chronological order, the key features of styles, decoration and accoutrements will help family historians to date family photographs and will provide a useful resource for students and costume historians or for anyone with a love of fashion and style to enjoy.
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The fashion industry burgeoned in the Victorian era, aided by improved manufacturing and an increase in magazine publishing. Illustrated with contemporary adverts and photographs, this volume traces the changes in women’s clothing from the tight bodices and wide skirts of the 1840s to the 1890s, when puffed sleeves came back into vogue, before concluding with notes on working and mourning outfits.
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