« Victorian and Edwardian Fashion » Alison Gernsheim

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A noted photohistorian documents bonnets, capes, frock coats, caps, shawls, bodices, and crinolines as people actually wore them from 1840 through 1914. More than 200 photos depict aristocrats and the middle class as well as Oscar Wilde, Lillie Langtry, Winston Churchill, Queen Victoria, and others. Commentary and annotations describe and identify the costumes.

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Language English
Author Alison Gernsheim
Year Dover Publications, Inc., 1981
First Published 1963
ISBN 0-486-24205-6
Goodreads ID 735889

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