Fashioning the Victorians

Author:
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350023388
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 326

Book Description
Offering a unique anthology of primary texts, this sourcebook opens a window on the writing that shaped and mirrored Victorian fashion, taking us from corsets to crinolines, dandies to decadent 'New Women'. A user-friendly collection that provides a solid grounding in the fashion history of the nineteenth century, it brings together for the first time sources that trace the evolution of dress and the social, cultural and political discourses that influenced it. Featuring seminal writings by authors and commentators such as Oscar Wilde, Thorstein Veblen and Sarah Stickney Ellis, plus satirical cartoons, illustrations and fashion plates from key sources such as Punch magazine, it combines primary texts and illustrations with accessible explanatory notes to offer a wide-ranging overview of the period for both students and researchers. Each section opens with an introduction that examines the major trends in Victorian clothing – and the material, economic, scientific and cultural forces driving those trends – situating the texts in the pressing social anxieties and pleasures of the time. Exploring both menswear and womenswear, and key topics such as corsetry, dress reform and mourning, Mitchell extends her analysis into interdisciplinary fields including gender studies and literature, and guides the reader with a timeline, glossary and further readings.

Fashioning the Victorians

Author:
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350023418
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 265

Victorian Fashions for Women

Author: Fiona Kay
Publisher: Pen and Sword History
ISBN: 1399004190
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 201

Book Description
Victorian Fashions for Women explores the British styles and clothing throughout the long reign of Queen Victoria, from the late 1830s to the first years of the 20th century. Within are a superb overview of the dresses, hats, hair styles, corsetry, undergarments shoes and boots that combined to present the prevailing styles for each decade. From those who had enough money to have day and evening wear and clothes for sports and outdoor activities, to those with limited income and wardrobes or labouring folk with little more than the clothes they stood up in. All decades are illustrated with original photographs, adverts and contemporary magazine features from the authors' own remarkable collections, accompanied by a knowledgeable and informative text that describes the fashions, their social history context and influences reflected in the clothes of the time. Laid out in a clear and easy-to-follow chronological order, the key features of styles, decoration and accoutrements will help family historians to date family photographs and will provide a useful resource for students and costume historians or for anyone with a love of fashion and style to enjoy.

Victorian Fashion

Author: Jayne Shrimpton
Publisher: Shire Publications
ISBN: 9780747815082
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
The sweeping crinolines, corsets, bustles, bonnets, and parasols of Victorian Britain are indispensable to our period dramas, and their influences can still be seen within burlesque and steampunk fashions. This is no surprise, as nineteenth-century clothing was so wide-ranging and decorative. We might unfairly think gentlemen's costume to be rather plain and uniform, but this is more by contrast to the overwhelming ostentation, luxury fabrics, fine accessories, and constantly evolving silhouettes of ladies' fashion. This colorful introduction to what the Victorians wore describes the vibrant, fancy materials and lace edging at one end of the spectrum, and the tightlaced sobriety of mourning apparel at the other. It examines both high fashion imports from Paris and more modest everyday wear, evening costume, bridal styles, children's clothes and sportswear, and explores the social and cultural backdrop to clothing in Britain's great age of industry and empire.

Victorian Fashion in America

Author: Kristina Harris
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486137899
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 102

Book Description
Vintage photographs depict girls playing dress-up in their mothers' clothes, a boy dressed in Little Lord Fauntleroy style, and scores of other representative portraits. Captions.

Authentic Victorian Fashion Patterns

Author: Kristina Harris
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 048613282X
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 148

Book Description
Rich selection of dressmakers' patterns from popular, late-19th-century magazine The Voice of Fashion includes 50 garments for women, from day and evening dresses to tennis outfits and undergarments. 498 illustrations.

A Victorian Lady's Guide to Fashion and Beauty

Author: Mimi Matthews
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1526705060
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 253

Book Description
“Meticulously researched and beautifully illustrated . . . indispensable to anyone interested in the era.” —Tasha Alexander, New York Times–bestselling author of the Lady Emily series What did a Victorian lady wear for a walk in the park? How did she style her hair for an evening at the theater? And what products might she have used to soothe a sunburn or treat an unsightly blemish? USA Today-bestselling author Mimi Matthews answers these questions and more as she takes readers on a decade-by-decade journey through Victorian fashion and beauty history. Women’s clothing changed dramatically during the course of the Victorian era. Necklines rose, waistlines dropped, and Gothic severity gave way to flounces and frills. Sleeves ballooned up and skirts billowed out. The crinoline morphed into the bustle and steam-molded corsets cinched women’s waists ever tighter. As fashion evolved, so too did trends in ladies’ hair care and cosmetics. An era which began by prizing natural, barefaced beauty ended with women purchasing lip and cheek rouge, false hairpieces and pomades, and fashionable perfumes. Using research from nineteenth-century beauty books, fashion magazines, and lady’s journals, the author of the Parish Orphans of Devon series brings Victorian fashion into modern day focus—and offers a glimpse of the social issues that influenced women’s clothing and the outrage that was a frequent response to those bold females who used fashion and beauty to assert their individuality and independence. “An elegant resource that I will be reaching for again and again.”—Deanna Raybourn, New York Times-bestselling author of the Veronica Speedwell novels

The Big Book Of Costume In The Victorian Era

Author: Eula Leggett
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 208

Book Description
In this book, you will discover three parts. - The first takes you through the Victorian era, decade by decade. It includes specific details of clothing, jewelry, and general appearance down to the smallest details. - Then you'll learn about dressing for every occasion, every season, and things like riding habits and wedding attire, maternity clothes, and so on. - The third section provides almost excruciating details about haircare, skin care, and so on. Whether you're portraying the Victorian era in a book, in art, on the stage, or as a re-enactment, get your hands on this book!

With Grace & Favour

Author: Otto Charles Thieme
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 124

Book Description

Full-color Victorian Fashions, 1870-1893

Author: JoAnne Olian
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486404844
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 68

Book Description
52 extremely rare plates depict the latest in chic apparel for the well-to-do, including elegant day dresses, hunting outfits, ornamented costumes for the theatre, a parade of millinery styles, and more.