Considers the variations in apparel that resulted from the dictates of fashion, social class, and ritual during the eighteenth century in England, describing the manner in which clothes were designed, made, and selected

Dress in Eighteenth Century England

Arts & Photography

Buck, Anne

Fashion

Holmes & Meier Pub

Clothes and the Child: A Handbook of Children's Dress in England, 1500-1900

Through the centuries children's clothes reflect the concerns of parents and shifts in fashions. The needs of the child, changing ideas on health and upbringing, evolving social attitudes and new technology all find expression in their dress. Its development, and its changing relationship with contemporary adult dress, offer a revealing picture of the time, as each garment bears the imprint of a way of life. This book examines children's clothes in England from 1500 to 1900. As well as studying surviving garments, the author uses evidence from letters, journals, paintings, sculptures and drawings, to give fresh insight into the clothes, their construction, and the world in which they were worn.

Graphic Design

Paperback, very little cover or spine wear.

Victorian Costume & Costume Accessories

History

Europe

Quite Specific Media Group Ltd

The 19th century saw a sad decline in the fortunes of the English handmade lace industry, yet in the East Midlands the period also witnessed some of its most interesting and remarkable designs. A key figure in this achievement was the Bedford lace merchant Thomas Lester. This book sets his designs and the development of his family business against the fashions of the period, the conditions in the industry and of its workers, and the relentless competition from machine made lace.

Thomas Lester, His Lace and the East Midlands Industry 1820-1905

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

Crowood Press

Victorian dress, the dress of more than sixty years, is not a single fashion but a sequence of styles, each evolving gradually from the preceding style, catching and reflecting changes in art and society. The shaping of dress, the covering outdoor garments, the concealed undergarments, the fabrics used in the making of dress and all its accessories together make the pattern of change. All these aspects of dress, together with briefer sections on men's dress and children's dress, are dealt with in this book. The author's experience as Keeper of one of the major collections of costume in the country, The Gallery of English Costume, Platt Hall, Manchester, gave her unrivalled qualifications for writing a work of this kind and it has long been a standard work on the period.

Victorian costume and costume accessories

Decorative Arts & Design

Ruth Bean Publishers

Clothes and the Child

History & Criticism

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