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Genre/Form: | History |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Catherine S Zimmerman |
ISBN: | 0877957045 9780877957041 |
OCLC Number: | 11755768 |
Description: | 289, [1] pages : illustrations ; 29 cm |
Contents: | The Empire style: classical revival -- Wedding fashions in paintings and illustrations -- My name is Isabella Jane; the crinoline (extravagant) period -- Victorian woman to Gibson girl, American model -- The veil and headdress -- Underclothing -- Woman's emancipation -- Some Hollywood-inspired fashions ... and others; wartime influences -- Crinoline and hoop again: the affluent -- The dramatic bride and the military bride. |
Responsibility: | Catherine S. Zimmerman. |
Abstract:
A history of the bridal wedding costume and gown in America including native Indian costumes, costumes influenced by European designs, American designs, Victorian dresses, jazz age flappers, Gibson girls, African American caftans, to designs demonstrating the individuality of each bride.
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