Over 450 color photos illustrate this exploration of Victorian fashion design for women. Illustrated dresses, waists, undergarments, and accessories of the 19th and early 20th century, including daywear, sportswear, and formalwear, will help collectors accurately identify and date their collections by evaluating the silhouette, construction, style, and details of fashionable garments. Advice for maintaining, laundering, and repairing them is also provided, as is an updated price guide.
Over 450 color photos illustrate this exploration of Victorian fashion design for women. Illustrated dresses, waists, undergarments, and accessories of the 19th and early 20th century, including daywear, sportswear, and formalwear, will help collectors accurately identify and date their collections by evaluating the silhouette, construction, style, and details of fashionable garments. Advice for maintaining, laundering, and repairing them is also provided, as is an updated price guide.
This work on Victorian and Edwardian fashions for women is illustrated with b&w historical photos and color photos of contemporary women wearing authentic period fashions. It gives advice on identifying, dating, and valuing garments and accessories, and explores the women of the period with amusing anecdotes.
Kristina Harris of Springfield, Oregon is one of the antique clothing field's recognized experts. A member of the Costume Society of America, she is an enthusiastic writer, lecturer,and workshop director.
If you love the designs, fabrics, and sheer beauty of 19th and early 20th century women's fashions, this book will be your guide and time machine. It presents over 450 enchanting colorphotographs of modern-day models wearing the dresses, waists, undergarments, and accessories of this elegant era, including daywear, sportswear, and formalwear. Unusual items such as fancy dress, aesthetic garments, and reform styles are explained and illustrated.This book will help both novice and expert collectors accurately identify and date their collections by evaluating the silhouette, construction, style, and details of fashionable garments. Sound advice for maintaining, laundering, and repairing them is also provided, as is an updated price guide.
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