Book Description
Over 1,000 illustrations, meticulously reproduced from rare issues of renowned fashion magazine, present a striking array of women’s fashions from 1860 to 1914: elegant evening and dinner gowns, stylish daywear, wedding ensembles, bathing costumes, mourning clothes, cycling outfits and much more; plus detailed renderings of shoes, hats, parasols, and other accessories. An incomparable pictorial anthology for fashion historians and costume enthusiasts.
Victorian and Edwardian Fashions from "La Mode Illustree" FROM THE PUBLISHER
Over 1,000 illustrations, meticulously reproduced from rare issues of renowned fashion magazine, present a striking array of women’s fashions from 1860 to 1914: elegant evening and dinner gowns, stylish daywear, wedding ensembles, bathing costumes, mourning clothes, cycling outfits and much more; plus detailed renderings of shoes, hats, parasols, and other accessories. An incomparable pictorial anthology for fashion historians and costume enthusiasts.
SYNOPSIS
Over 1,000 illustrations document elegant ladies’ fashions from 1860 to 1914: evening gowns, wedding ensembles, bathing costumes, cycling outfits, much more. Accompanied by hundreds of stylish accessories.