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Genre/Form: | History |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Laver, James, 1899-1975. Taste and fashion, from the French revolution to the present day. London, Toronto [etc.] G.G. Harrap and Co. [1945] (OCoLC)608561648 |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
James Laver |
OCLC Number: | 2873038 |
Notes: | "First published November 1937." |
Description: | 232 pages frontispiece, plates (some color), portrait 22 cm |
Contents: | Back to nature and the Greeks -- Prudery and romanticism -- Sentimentalism and the rise of the bourgeoisie -- Rise and fall of the crinoline -- The two bustles and the aesthetic movement -- The new woman -- High life, or garden party and casino -- Paul Poiret and the Russian ballet -- War and post-war -- Hair and hats -- Corsets -- Lingerie -- The theory of décolletage -- Colours and materials -- Furs -- Bathing costumes and other sports clothes -- Fashions for men -- Some conclusions -- Fashion and the Second world war. |
Responsibility: | by James Laver. With a chapter on Fashion and the second world war and twelve new illustrations in colour. |
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