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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... early morning struggles to get into his clothes. The only part of the costume where fantasy was allowed was in the arrangement of the neckcloth. Brummell invented several arrangements himself, and is said to have discarded a dozen ...
... early morning struggles to get into his clothes. The only part of the costume where fantasy was allowed was in the arrangement of the neckcloth. Brummell invented several arrangements himself, and is said to have discarded a dozen ...
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... early years of the century. Now dresses rose to the throat, and a frill of lace seemed their obvious finish. Even evening dresses became slightly higher than they had been, and ladies began to make up for the shortness of their sleeves ...
... early years of the century. Now dresses rose to the throat, and a frill of lace seemed their obvious finish. Even evening dresses became slightly higher than they had been, and ladies began to make up for the shortness of their sleeves ...
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... earliest manifestation shows a curious ingenuity, which was to be used again in our own time; for when the designers of the late nineteentwenties wished to lengthen women's ... early thirties, and their immense influence on contemporary.
... earliest manifestation shows a curious ingenuity, which was to be used again in our own time; for when the designers of the late nineteentwenties wished to lengthen women's ... early thirties, and their immense influence on contemporary.
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... early as 1820 she had appeared at a ball dressed as a queen of the Middle Ages. In 1829 at a similar ball she wore the costume of a sixteenthcentury queen. It is interesting to note that at the same function Lady Stuart of Rothesay, the ...
... early as 1820 she had appeared at a ball dressed as a queen of the Middle Ages. In 1829 at a similar ball she wore the costume of a sixteenthcentury queen. It is interesting to note that at the same function Lady Stuart of Rothesay, the ...
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... early thirties. The influences, however, which created pseudohistorical dress were at work elsewhere, especially in the sphere of interior decoration. It is one of the theses of the present book, a thesis which will be found more fully ...
... early thirties. The influences, however, which created pseudohistorical dress were at work elsewhere, especially in the sphere of interior decoration. It is one of the theses of the present book, a thesis which will be found more fully ...
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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