PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY

Close Notification

Your cart does not contain any items

Victorian Fashions: A Complete Lady's Wardrobe by Michael Harris at Abbey's Bookshop,
Victorian Fashions: A Complete Lady's Wardrobe
— —
Michael Harris Kristina Harris

Victorian Fashions

A Complete Lady's Wardrobe

Michael Harris,  Kristina Harris

$42.95

Paperback

Not in-store but you can order this
How long will it take?
English
Dover Publications Inc.
13 May 1999
Antiques & collectables: carpets, rugs & textiles
Series: Dover Fashion and Costumes
Rich selection of dressmaker's 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.

Imported custom-made clothes were usually beyond the financial reach of the average middle-class American woman of a century ago; and store-bought garments were often of inferior quality. This left many women with the options of making their own clothes or hiring a seamstress.

While a number of economy-minded women did sew simple housedresses, and clothing for their children, many took favorite fashion plates to a dressmaker who would often consult patterns in a magazine such as The Voice of Fashion. This book, compiled by costume authority Kristina Harris, painstakingly reprints a rich selection of scaled dressmakers' patterns of the 1890s, taken from rare issues of that popular, late-19th century dressmaker's journal. Featuring such fashion elements as leg-o'-mutton sleeves, high-collared necklines, long skirts, and pinched waistlines, the collection includes nearly 500 patterns and illustrations detailing 50 garments for women. Every wardrobe necessity for the Victorian lady is covered - from nightgowns and wrappers for boudoir and breakfast, a riding habit and tennis outfit, to walking dresses for town and visiting, elegant dinner dresses, and elaborate evening gowns.

An introduction and brief instruction for using the patterns are also included in a volume that will not only find practical use among costume designers and students of fashion history, but will also delight browsers, Victorian enthusiasts, and anyone intrigued by the evolution of clothing styles. 498 illustrations.
By:  
Edited by:  
Imprint:   Dover Publications Inc.
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 260mm,  Width: 185mm,  Spine: 30mm
Weight:   410g
ISBN:   9780486407210
ISBN 10:   0486407217
Series:   Dover Fashion and Costumes
Pages:   144
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Unspecified

See Also

Victorian Fashions: A Complete Lady's Wardrobe

Embroidered Georgian Pictures

Margaret Swain

Paperback

$9.99 

Not in-store but you can order this

ADD +
Victorian Fashions: A Complete Lady's Wardrobe

Historical Costumes of England -...

N Bradfield

Paperback

$48.95  $41.64

Not in-store but you can order this

ADD +
Victorian Fashions: A Complete Lady's Wardrobe

From the Elegant to the Everyday...

Tara Vose Raiselis

Paperback

$52.95  $44.94

Not in-store but you can order this

ADD +
Victorian Fashions: A Complete Lady's Wardrobe

Pull of the Thread

Textile Travels of a Generation...

Sheila Fruman

Hardback

$90 

Not in-store but you can order this

ADD +
Victorian Fashions: A Complete Lady's Wardrobe

The Story of Louis Vuitton Luggage...

Laia Farran Graves

Hardback

$29.99 

Not in-store but you can order this

ADD +
Victorian Fashions: A Complete Lady's Wardrobe

A History of English Costume

Iris Brooke

Hardback

$77.95  $66.63

Not in-store but you can order this

ADD +