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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... perhaps in 1920) than it was in the years following the end of the Terror. Here we must distinguish. The prevalence of private balls does not constitute dance mania. The essence of dance mania is that the dancing shall be public, that ...
... perhaps in 1920) than it was in the years following the end of the Terror. Here we must distinguish. The prevalence of private balls does not constitute dance mania. The essence of dance mania is that the dancing shall be public, that ...
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... Perhaps there was in Louis XIV something too similar to the dethroned Napoleon. Instead they turned to an earlier age, the age of the Valois. There was nothing particularly admirable about the Valois, but what exquisite costumes they ...
... Perhaps there was in Louis XIV something too similar to the dethroned Napoleon. Instead they turned to an earlier age, the age of the Valois. There was nothing particularly admirable about the Valois, but what exquisite costumes they ...
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... perhaps the most influential single figure in the costume of the period, took up the craze with enthusiasm. As 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 ...
... perhaps the most influential single figure in the costume of the period, took up the craze with enthusiasm. As 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 ...
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... Perhaps the two were, on analysis, only different versions of the same thing. The Romanticist looked back to former ages, and if he did so with such passion it was largely because he was dissatisfied with his own. Even when the desire ...
... Perhaps the two were, on analysis, only different versions of the same thing. The Romanticist looked back to former ages, and if he did so with such passion it was largely because he was dissatisfied with his own. Even when the desire ...
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... perhaps the only successful conspiracy of the consumer, who has managed to get his own convenience labelled with the sign of good form. It is a curious result of the alliance of romantic melancholy and fashionable hauteur. It seemed for ...
... perhaps the only successful conspiracy of the consumer, who has managed to get his own convenience labelled with the sign of good form. It is a curious result of the alliance of romantic melancholy and fashionable hauteur. It seemed 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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