Description
| Product ID: | 9780747815082 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | CN |
| Series: | Shire Library |
| Title: | Victorian Fashion |
| Authors: | Author: Jayne Shrimpton |
| Page Count: | 96 |
| Subjects: | Fashion and textile design, History of fashion, European history, History, Cultural studies: dress and society, British & Irish history, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Fashion & society, United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 1800 to c 1900 |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The Victorian age was one of the most exciting and complex periods of history, an era of rapid change and great contrasts, in which dress reflected the times with extraordinary vibrancy. This book features many previously-unpublished images and drawing on private journals. It offers original insights on this subject. The sweeping crinolines, corsets, bustles, bonnets, and parasols of Victorian Britain are indispensable to our period dramas, and their influences can still be seen within burlesque and steampunk fashions. This is no surprise, as nineteenth-century clothing was so wide-ranging and decorative. We might unfairly think gentlemen''s costume to be rather plain and uniform, but this is more by contrast to the overwhelming ostentation, luxury fabrics, fine accessories, and constantly evolving silhouettes of ladies'' fashion. This colorful introduction to what the Victorians wore describes the vibrant, fancy materials and lace edging at one end of the spectrum, and the tightlaced sobriety of mourning apparel at the other. It examines both high fashion imports from Paris and more modest everyday wear, evening costume, bridal styles, children''s clothes and sportswear, and explores the social and cultural backdrop to clothing in Britain''s great age of industry and empire. |
| Imprint Name: | Shire Publications |
| Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2016-03-24 |
