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Victorian Fashions for Women and Children: Society´s Impact on Dress
Linda Setnik
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Description for Victorian Fashions for Women and Children: Society´s Impact on Dress
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 273 color photos. BIC Classification: 3JH; AKTH; WCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 217 x 13. Weight in Grams: 808. Society's Impact on Dress. 160 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 3JH; AKTH; WCV. Dimension: 279 x 217 x 13. Weight: 812.
Revealed here are children’s and women’s clothing, including undergarments, leisurewear, and street apparel from 1860 to 1900. Over 270 photographs combine with text to enable accurate dating of clothing to within a three- to seven-year time frame. Nineteenth century photographs are supplemented by surviving examples of period clothing, many picturing both the outside and inner construction. The text is based on Victorian fashion, medical, etiquette, and advice literature and reveals the often-surprising reasons females were willing to become such devoted slaves to dress, as well as the impact dress had upon their lives and health. This well-researched book also explores ... Read more
Revealed here are children’s and women’s clothing, including undergarments, leisurewear, and street apparel from 1860 to 1900. Over 270 photographs combine with text to enable accurate dating of clothing to within a three- to seven-year time frame. Nineteenth century photographs are supplemented by surviving examples of period clothing, many picturing both the outside and inner construction. The text is based on Victorian fashion, medical, etiquette, and advice literature and reveals the often-surprising reasons females were willing to become such devoted slaves to dress, as well as the impact dress had upon their lives and health. This well-researched book also explores ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764341649
SKU
V9780764341649
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About Linda Setnik
Linda Setnik graduated from Cal State University Northridge with honors in history. Having a lifelong love for women's social history and clothing, she's delved through thousands of period photographs and works at the Folsom History Museum as consultant for their extensive Victorian clothing collection.
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