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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... period. We all know what this general outline was: for men kneebreeches, stockings, buckled shoes, a waistcoat—very long at the beginning of the century, and growing steadily shorter—a full coat, reaching down to the knees and flaring ...
... period. We all know what this general outline was: for men kneebreeches, stockings, buckled shoes, a waistcoat—very long at the beginning of the century, and growing steadily shorter—a full coat, reaching down to the knees and flaring ...
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... period. Nothing can excuse the jumble of styles too often seen in revivals of the eighteenthcentury plays: yet there is none the less a recognizable eighteenthcentury costume, both for men and women, and there seemed little reason up to ...
... period. Nothing can excuse the jumble of styles too often seen in revivals of the eighteenthcentury plays: yet there is none the less a recognizable eighteenthcentury costume, both for men and women, and there seemed little reason up to ...
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... the multiplication of restaurants, which had been unknown in Paris before the Revolution, to an imitation of the English mode of eating in taverns. It really seems as if in the eyes of the men of the Directoire period the English.
... the multiplication of restaurants, which had been unknown in Paris before the Revolution, to an imitation of the English mode of eating in taverns. It really seems as if in the eyes of the men of the Directoire period the English.
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... period should find an echo in female dress, and that this is true is obvious enough from any study of the costume of the period. The effects we have noted, however, were not immediately apparent. Throughout the period of the Revolution ...
... period should find an echo in female dress, and that this is true is obvious enough from any study of the costume of the period. The effects we have noted, however, were not immediately apparent. Throughout the period of the Revolution ...
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... period, especially to those, like ourselves, who have recently passed through somewhat similar crises. Like causes produce like effects, and the nineteentwenties have many points of resemblance with the years between 1795 and 1800. In ...
... period, especially to those, like ourselves, who have recently passed through somewhat similar crises. Like causes produce like effects, and the nineteentwenties have many points of resemblance with the years between 1795 and 1800. In ...
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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