Taste and Fashion - From the French Revolution to the Present DayRead Books Ltd, 8 ene 2013 - 288 páginas This classic book contains a wealth of information on the taste and fashion trends of England from the French Revolution to the 1940s, and will prove a very interesting read for anyone with an interest in the subject. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. |
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James Laver. Frenchmen wished to discard the livery of the salon they tended to adopt quite naturally the costume of ... adoption of trousers lay still some years in the future, and the change had obviously no connexion with the riding ...
James Laver. Frenchmen wished to discard the livery of the salon they tended to adopt quite naturally the costume of ... adoption of trousers lay still some years in the future, and the change had obviously no connexion with the riding ...
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... adopt the costume of the ancient world when the ideals of Republican virtue had been abandoned for the frank pursuit of pleasure. The frivolity which the Republicans thought they had extinguished for ever with the blood of aristocrats ...
... adopt the costume of the ancient world when the ideals of Republican virtue had been abandoned for the frank pursuit of pleasure. The frivolity which the Republicans thought they had extinguished for ever with the blood of aristocrats ...
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... adopted the extremely daring fashions of the Directoire period: they were, none the less, profoundly influenced by what was taking place on the other side of the Channel, the more so as it was now much easier than it had been to get ...
... adopted the extremely daring fashions of the Directoire period: they were, none the less, profoundly influenced by what was taking place on the other side of the Channel, the more so as it was now much easier than it had been to get ...
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... adopted a modified version of English country costume, and no amount of political antagonism seemed to be able to alter this. Apart from uniforms and ceremonial dresses, the male costume which had established itself by the opening years ...
... adopted a modified version of English country costume, and no amount of political antagonism seemed to be able to alter this. Apart from uniforms and ceremonial dresses, the male costume which had established itself by the opening years ...
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... adopted French fashions, and frenchmen, so far as in them lay, adopted English fashions. The main outline of the latter is obvious enough. The former had already departed from the classical line inaugurated after the Revolution, for ...
... adopted French fashions, and frenchmen, so far as in them lay, adopted English fashions. The main outline of the latter is obvious enough. The former had already departed from the classical line inaugurated after the Revolution, for ...
Índice
BOARDING THE YACHT 1873 | |
WOMAN OF FASHION | |
HAIR AND HATS | |
1895 1908 1920 1928 | |
CORSETS | |
1900 1904 1911 1928 1935 | |
LINGERIE | |
1888 1890 1935 | |
THE THEORY OF DÉCOLLETAGE | |
COLOURS AND MATERIALS | |
THE TWO BUSTLES AND THE ÆSTHETIC MOVEMENT VI THE NEW WOMAN | |
HIGH LIFE OR GARDEN PARTY AND CASINO | |
THE HOLBORN SKATING RINK 1876 | |
PAUL POIRET AND THE RUSSIAN BALLET | |
DECORATIVE UNITY OF AN EPOCH | |
WAR AND POSTWAR | |
TOILETTES DE VISITE PARIS 1911 | |
FURS | |
BATHING COSTUMES AND OTHER SPORTS CLOTHES | |
FASHIONS FOR | |
SOME CONCLUSIONS | |
FASHION AND THE SECOND WORLD | |
INDEX | |
COLOUR AND CARICATURE | |
Otras ediciones - Ver todo
Taste and Fashion: From the French Revolution to the Present Day James Laver Vista de fragmentos - 1945 |
Taste and Fashion: From the French Revolution to the Present Day James Laver Vista de fragmentos - 1945 |
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