Victorian Fashions: A Pictorial Archive, 965 Illustrations (Dover Pictorial Archive Series)
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Editor: Carol Belanger GraftonEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1998-01-12
ISBN: 0486402215
Number of pages: 128
Publisher: Dover Publications
Book Reviews of Victorian Fashions: A Pictorial Archive, 965 Illustrations (Dover Pictorial Archive Series)
Book Review: Must-have adjunct to the Blum and Olian books on Victorian fashion
Summary: 5 Stars
Every student of 19th-century fashion needs to have six books from Dover Publications in his or her library:
- Victorian Fashions and Costumes from 'Harper's Bazar', Stella Blum;
- Victorian and Edwardian Fashions from La Mode Illustree, Joanne Olian;
- Wedding Fashions 1860-1912, Joanne Olian;
- Victorian and Edwardian Fashion: A Photographic Survey, Alison Gernsheim;
- English Women's Clothing in the Nineteenth Century, C. Willett Cunnington;
- and this book.
Carol Grafton's book is really more of an assemblage of pictures for illustrators than anything else, but what pictures! Over 900 B&W drawings lovingly display every little detail of the elaborate costumes of the Victorian and early Edwardian eras from the mid-1850's to 1903. This book doesn't have much in the way of text so it's not as comprehensive a research resource as some of the others that I've mentioned, but as an auxiliary resource to the other books on the above list, it's perfect.
Summary of Victorian Fashions: A Pictorial Archive, 965 Illustrations (Dover Pictorial Archive Series)
Panoramic display of evolving styles ranges from ornate gowns of the mid-1800s, widened by hoop skirts, to turn-of-the-century fashions that produced balloon sleeves, diminished bustles, and close-fitting skirts. Hundreds of delightful images of elegant dresses, hats, shoes, handbags, undergarments, and much more. "A superb resource." - History in Review.
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