Victorian Fashions and Costumes from Harper's Bazar, 1867-1898 - (Dover Fashion and Costumes) by Stella Blum (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Day costumes, evening wear, sports clothes, shoes, hats, other accessories in over 1,000 detailed engravings. Very thorough identification of styles, materials, colors by editor. An endlessly entertaining book. -- <i>Theatre Design and Technology</i>.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>After the Civil War the upper middle class in America expanded and became increasingly style-conscious. Visiting European royalty as well as American women returning from the International Exhibition in Paris in 1867 stimulated fashion awareness -- and it was in this climate that the magazine <i>Harper's Bazar</i> flowered. Dedicated to being A repository of Fashion, Pleasure, and Instruction, it brought to American women inside glimpses of the very latest European and American fashions, all in carefully detailed engravings. It was much the finest source for high fashion for this period.<br>This book consists of the finest illustrations from <i>Harper's Bazar</i> between the years 1867 and 1898, the period of its peak importance. These illustrations not only show you what apparel appealed to our Victorian ancestors, but give you an idea of the evolutionary nature of fashion as well. You will see bustles come and go, natural forms become the vogue only to be superseded by the constricting hourglass figure. Each look is illustrated with a number of different garments. There are gowns for the morning hours, dinner dresses, sporting costumes, traveling clothes and apparel for special occasions: weddings, communions, funerals, etc. Since no costume was complete without accessories, a full line of hats, fans, parasols, muffs, gloves, handkerchiefs, jewelry, shoes and hair styles is shown as well. A selection of children's attire is also included. An introduction by Stella Blum covers the history of <i>Harper's Bazar</i> and examines the various phases fashion went through between 1867 and 1898.
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