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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... kind of scientific fashion evening dresses must be extracted from the main file and put into a sequence of their own. They form, indeed, a separate subject, and the present author has endeavoured to meet the difficulty involved by ...
... kind of scientific fashion evening dresses must be extracted from the main file and put into a sequence of their own. They form, indeed, a separate subject, and the present author has endeavoured to meet the difficulty involved by ...
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... kind of crescent moon, of huge dimensions—such a headgear as might be made by folding a widebrimmed hat in two and crushing it under the wheels of a passing car. Hats of this kind, much reduced in size, persisted as a part of evening ...
... kind of crescent moon, of huge dimensions—such a headgear as might be made by folding a widebrimmed hat in two and crushing it under the wheels of a passing car. Hats of this kind, much reduced in size, persisted as a part of evening ...
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... kind of material—of cloth, of serge, of knitted silk, and even of rabbit's fur—and of all colours—red, blue, Egyptian earth colours —or embroidered with flowers and leaves. They were worn with their ends floating in the wind or crossed ...
... kind of material—of cloth, of serge, of knitted silk, and even of rabbit's fur—and of all colours—red, blue, Egyptian earth colours —or embroidered with flowers and leaves. They were worn with their ends floating in the wind or crossed ...
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... kind of cloth than their French confrères, were much more skilful. By the opening years of the century they had established their preeminence, which they have held ever since. So far as men's clothes were concerned the nineteenth ...
... kind of cloth than their French confrères, were much more skilful. By the opening years of the century they had established their preeminence, which they have held ever since. So far as men's clothes were concerned the nineteenth ...
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... kind of popular success. In all the pictures of the day we can see them with their morose expression and their high foreheads, sometimes made higher still by the plucking out of the hairs. So extraordinary can be the influence of one ...
... kind of popular success. In all the pictures of the day we can see them with their morose expression and their high foreheads, sometimes made higher still by the plucking out of the hairs. So extraordinary can be the influence of one ...
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SENTIMENTALISMAND THE RISE OF THE BOURGEOISIE | |
KENSINGTON GARDENS 183233 | |
RISE AND FALL OF THE CRINOLINE | |
CRINOLINOMANIA 1858 | |
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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