British Costume from Earliest Times to 1820
British Costume from Earliest Times to 1820

Author: Mrs. Charles H. Ashdown

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2012-09-06

Total Pages: 542

ISBN-13: 0486147622

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Hard-to-find classic provides detailed, authentic coverage of British clothing (civil, royal, and ecclesiastic) from early Saxon era (ca. A.D. 460) to reign of King George III (1820).

Fashioning the Nation
Fashioning the Nation

Author: Pam Cook

Publisher:

Published: 1996-03

Total Pages: 156

ISBN-13:

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This work explores the history of costume in British film, from the 1920s to the 1990s. It shows how period costume romances, such as "Caravan", "Madonna of the Seven Moons" and "So Long at the Fair" featured sensual designs which caused a scandal in a postwar society overly concerned with restraint and it explains the cultural implications of this scandal. Cook charts the way these films engage with Europe, with costume providing a way for the characters to cross borders and achieve personal freedom and, in turn, inviting audiences to imagine themselves as European.