Author: Stella BlumPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Paris Fashions of the 1890s
Author: Stella BlumParis Fashions of the 1890s
Author: Stella BlumPublisher: Dover Publications
ISBN: 9780486245348
Category : Costume
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
Here are 350 haute couture designs from the 1890s reproduced from rare original issues of The Young Ladies Journal, an English periodical devoted to French dress design. Introduction and captions.
Children's Fashions, 1900-1950, as Pictured in Sears Catalogs
Author: JoAnne OlianPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486423258
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
The pages of this new book, excellently reproduced from rare copies of Sears catalogs, depict what average American youngsters, ages 4 to 16, were wearing during the first half of the twentieth century. Here, among other items, are Knickerbocker suits from 1914, starting at $1.95; elegant organdy and chiffon party dresses from 1918, selling at an average price of $4.28; boys' cowboy, Indian, and baseball outfits for less than two dollars; aviator helmets, knitted hats, and golf-styled caps, all under $1.00; and a selection of fashionable coats for the high school crowd in 1946, starting at $12.98. A rich social document that will interest a wide audience of social historians and fashion enthusiasts, this panoramic window to the past will also appeal to anyone fascinated by fashions of a bygone era.
Dressing Up
Author: Elizabeth L. BlockPublisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262365561
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
How wealthy American women--as consumers and as influencers--helped shape French couture of the late nineteenth century; lavishly illustrated. French fashion of the late nineteenth century is known for its allure, its ineffable chic--think of John Singer Sargent's Madame X and her scandalously slipping strap. For Parisian couturiers and their American customers, it was also serious business. In Dressing Up, Elizabeth Block examines the couturiers' influential clientele--wealthy American women who bolstered the French fashion industry with a steady stream of orders from the United States. Countering the usual narrative of the designer as solo creative genius, Block shows that these women--as high-volume customers and as pre-Internet influencers--were active participants in the era's transnational fashion system. Block describes the arrival of nouveau riche Americans on the French fashion scene, joining European royalty, French socialites, and famous actresses on the client rosters of the best fashion houses--Charles Frederick Worth, Doucet, and Félix, among others. She considers the mutual dependence of couture and coiffure; the participation of couturiers in international expositions (with mixed financial results); the distinctive shopping practices of American women, which ranged from extensive transatlantic travel to quick trips downtown to the department store; the performance of conspicuous consumption at balls and soirées; the impact of American tariffs on the French fashion industry; and the emergence of smuggling, theft, and illicit copying of French fashions in the American market as the middle class emulated the preferences of the rich. Lavishly illustrated, with vibrant images of dresses, portraits, and fashion plates, Dressing Up reveals the power of American women in French couture. Winner of the Aileen Ribeiro Grant of the Association of Dress Historians; an Association for Art History grant; and a Pasold Research Fund grant.
Victorian Fashions and Costumes from Harper's Bazar, 1867-1898
Author: Stella BlumPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486132080
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Day costumes, evening wear, sports clothes, shoes, hats, other accessories in over 1,000 detailed engravings. Very thorough identification of styles, materials, colors by editor. "An endlessly entertaining book." — Theatre Design and Technology.
Victorian Fashion in America
Author: Kristina HarrisPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486137899
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Vintage photographs depict girls playing dress-up in their mothers' clothes, a boy dressed in Little Lord Fauntleroy style, and scores of other representative portraits. Captions.
Franklin Simon Fashion Catalog for 1923
Author: Franklin Simon & CoPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486278544
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Over 500 illustrations of fur-trimmed evening wraps, casual day wear and more for women; stylish clothing for children, handsome accessories for men, costume jewelry, millinery, shoes, much else.
English Costume from the Early Middle Ages Through the Sixteenth Century
Author: Iris BrookePublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486412382
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Comprehensive, profusely illustrated reference (including 24 color plates) documents clothing styles of all classes -- from simple garments of 10th-century Anglo-Saxons to Anne Boleyn's ermine-trimmed coronation outfit in the 16th century.
Accessories of Dress
Author: Katherine Morris LesterPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486433783
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
From hats, veils, wigs, and cosmetics to cravats, shawls, shoes, and gloves, this useful reference provides an entertaining account of the forms of personal adornment men and women have used throughout the ages to enhance their wearing apparel. Incorporates illustrations from rare books and magazines, photographs, and observations. 644 figures and 59 plates.
Full-color Victorian Fashions, 1870-1893
Author: JoAnne OlianPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486404844
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
52 extremely rare plates depict the latest in chic apparel for the well-to-do, including elegant day dresses, hunting outfits, ornamented costumes for the theatre, a parade of millinery styles, and more.
