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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... trousers lay still some years in the future, and the change had obviously no connexion with the riding costume of the English country gentleman. A recent writer1 gives some curious details of the extent of French Anglomania under the ...
... trousers lay still some years in the future, and the change had obviously no connexion with the riding costume of the English country gentleman. A recent writer1 gives some curious details of the extent of French Anglomania under the ...
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... trousers were still only worn by sailors and the lower classes. Such a dress, generally made of fairly sombre material, or at least not embroidered as the coats of the eighteenth century had been, required, in order to look well on its ...
... trousers were still only worn by sailors and the lower classes. Such a dress, generally made of fairly sombre material, or at least not embroidered as the coats of the eighteenth century had been, required, in order to look well on its ...
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... trousers [again by modern standards a very handsome allowance] will cost £9. Four morning waistcoats, one for evening, another £4. Gloves, linen, hats, scarves, and neckties about £10, and the important item of boots at least £5 more ...
... trousers [again by modern standards a very handsome allowance] will cost £9. Four morning waistcoats, one for evening, another £4. Gloves, linen, hats, scarves, and neckties about £10, and the important item of boots at least £5 more ...
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... trousers, which were not only heavy but tight. In America, he laments, a man might go to a ball in white ducks. In France he had the option of light grey, but the Englishman was doomed to black.1 Our author continues: MODES DE PARIS ...
... trousers, which were not only heavy but tight. In America, he laments, a man might go to a ball in white ducks. In France he had the option of light grey, but the Englishman was doomed to black.1 Our author continues: MODES DE PARIS ...
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... the late fifties was his habit of wearing white duck trousers. He was simply following the fashion of his country, but for most Englishmen it was an unpardonable eccentricity. 1 A general account of these ladies may be found.
... the late fifties was his habit of wearing white duck trousers. He was simply following the fashion of his country, but for most Englishmen it was an unpardonable eccentricity. 1 A general account of these ladies may be found.
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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