Women's and Children's Fashions of 1917

Women's and Children's Fashions of 1917

Author: Perry, Dame & Co

Publisher: Courier Dover Publications

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13:

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Invaluable reference authenticating fashions popular across America in the World War I era. Hundreds of beautifully detailed drawings and fully descriptive captions illustrating women's and children's apparel for every occasion. 716 black-and-white illustrations.


Fashion and Women's Attitudes in the Nineteenth Century

Fashion and Women's Attitudes in the Nineteenth Century

Author: C. Willett Cunnington

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2003-01-01

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 9780486431901

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De ontwikkeling van de maatschappelijke positie van de Engelse vrouw in de negentiende eeuw, inclusief beschrijvingen van kledingstijlen en -stukken en de redenen hiervoor.


French Fashion, Women & the First World War

French Fashion, Women & the First World War

Author: Maude Bass-Krueger

Publisher:

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780300247985

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"An unprecedented examination of the impact of fashion on society in France throughout the Great War. This fascinating exploration of French women's fashion during World War I is the first in-depth consideration of the role that fashion played in the upheaval of French society between 1914 and 1918. As the fashion industry-the second largest industry in the country-mobilized to help the war effort, Parisian couture houses introduced new styles, aggressively disseminated information through magazines, and strengthened their propaganda efforts overseas. Women of all social classes adapted their garments to the wartime lifestyle, and practicality was increasingly introduced in the form of pockets and "sportswear" textiles like jersey. While women were heralded for contributing to the war effort, the clothes they wore while doing so often provoked debates, particularly when their attire was seen as too masculine or militaristic. With focused studies of wartime garments such as skirt suits, nurse's uniforms, work overalls, and mourning clothes, this volume brings to life the passionate debates that roiled the French fashion industry and reveals the extent to which fashion was a hotly contested topic and a barometer for social tensions throughout this tumultuous era. Maude Bass-Krueger is postdoctoral fellow at the Center for the Arts in Society at Leiden University. Sophie Kurkdjian is a research fellow at l'Institut d'histoire du temps prâesent (IHTP-CNRS)"--


Women's Fashions of the Early 1900s

Women's Fashions of the Early 1900s

Author: National Cloak & Suit Co

Publisher: Courier Dover Publications

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 9780486272764

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Rare catalog of mail-order fashions documents women's and children's clothing styles shortly after the turn of the century. Captions offer full descriptions, prices. Invaluable resource for fashion and costume historians. Approximately 725 illustrations.


Franklin Simon Fashion Catalog for 1923

Franklin Simon Fashion Catalog for 1923

Author: Franklin Simon & Co

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1993-01-01

Total Pages: 150

ISBN-13: 9780486278544

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Over 500 illustrations of fur-trimmed evening wraps, casual day wear and more for women; stylish clothing for children, handsome accessories for men, costume jewelry, millinery, shoes, much else.


An Intimate Affair

An Intimate Affair

Author: Jill Fields

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 396

ISBN-13: 9780520223691

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Presents the history of twentieth-century lingerie. This book examines the ways cultural meanings are orchestrated by the 'fashion-industrial complex, ' and the ways in which individuals and groups embrace, reject, or derive meaning from these everyday, yet significant, intimate articles of clothing.


Fashion and Costume in American Popular Culture

Fashion and Costume in American Popular Culture

Author: Valerie Oliver

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 1996-09-24

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 0313033269

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Providing a convenient and unique look at fashion and costume literature and how it has developed historically, this volume discusses monographic and reference literature and provides information on periodicals, research centers, and costume museums and collections. It also provides a new way of looking at the literature through a database of 58 Library of Congress subject headings. It covers topics from jeans to wedding dresses and features popular examples of how clothing is used and reflected in our culture through the literature discussed. Of interest to scholars, students, and anyone curious about the unique power clothing holds in our lives. Various types of reference sources are discussed including other guides to the literature, encyclopedia, dictionaries, biographical dictionaries, specialized bibliographies, and indexing and abstracting services. Electronic CD-ROM and online databases equivalents are included in the presentation of indexing and abstracting services with major networks such as OCLC, RLIN, Lexis/Nexis, and Dialog mentioned as well. In addition a list of 123 research centers, mainly libraries, is provided and arranged geographically by state, some 176 costume museums and collections of costumes located at colleges and universities are listed alphabetically, and a list of 278 periodicals on fashion, costume, clothing and related topics is provided. A database of some 58 clothing and accessory subject headings is analyzed in the Worldcat database with the literature of the top ten specific clothing and accessory subject terms limited to media publication format are covered. Additionally, histories of costume and fashion in the U.S. and works which concentrate on psychological, sociological or cultural aspects are outlined. An appendix, including the clothing and accessory database, and author and subject indexes conclude the volume.


Ert‚'s Fashion Designs

Ert‚'s Fashion Designs

Author: Ert‚

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1981-01-01

Total Pages: 92

ISBN-13: 048624203X

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Splendid selection of 218 black-and-white inventions from legendary designer's productions for Harper's Bazar, 1918–32. Also 8 pages of full-color covers, originals now prized collector's items. Captions. Publisher's Note.


Small, Medium, Large

Small, Medium, Large

Author: Colleen A. Dunlavy

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2024-08-15

Total Pages: 165

ISBN-13: 1509561722

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We live in a world of seemingly limitless consumer choice. Yet, as every shopper knows without thinking about it, many everyday goods – from beds to batteries to printer paper – are available in a finite number of “standard sizes.” What makes these sizes “standard” is an agreement among competing firms to make or sell products with the same limited dimensions. But how did firms – often hotly competing firms – reach such collective agreements? In exploring this question, Colleen Dunlavy puts the history of mass production and distribution in an entirely new light. She reveals that, despite the widely publicized model offered by Henry Ford, mass production techniques did not naturally diffuse throughout the U.S. economy. On the contrary, formidable market forces blocked their diffusion. It was only under the cover of collectively agreed-upon, industrywide standard sizes – orchestrated by the federal government – that competing firms were able to break free of market forces and transition to mass production and distribution. Without government promotion of standard sizes, the twentieth-century American variety of capitalism would have looked markedly less “Fordist.” Small, Medium, Large will make all of us think differently about the everyday consumer choices we take for granted.


Necessaries: Two Hundred Years of Fashion Accessories

Necessaries: Two Hundred Years of Fashion Accessories

Author: Daniel Delis Hill

Publisher: Daniel Delis Hill

Published: 2014-12-31

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13: 0986425400

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In this comprehensive study, fashion historian Daniel Delis Hill chronicles women’s and men’s fashion accessories from 1800 to the new millennium. Each chapter includes a historical overview of the era and an introduction to the principal fashions worn by women and men. Accessories are arranged by category and include hats, shoes, handbags, jewelry, gloves, parasols and umbrellas, fans, neckwear, belts and suspenders, handkerchiefs, hosiery, walking sticks, and eyewear. With more than 800 illustrations—many never before seen in book form—this well researched study is a valuable resource for the fields of fashion history, fashion design and merchandising, theatre costuming, and American popular culture.