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Profusely illustrated fashion history examines how the use of wood, whalebone, steel, hoops, and tight laces had a gripping influence on shaping the figures of women from ancient Greece to 19th-century Vienna. Ever since Eve's first blush, clothes have girded, graced and transformed the female physique. Fascinating and insightful, The Corset and the Crinoline is an illustrated history of clothing's attendant underpinnings - especially those that whittled the female waist to its most slender proportions. Reproduced from a rare 1868 fashion publication, each page reveals how the use of wood, whalebone, steel, hoops, and tight laces had a gripping influence on shaping the figures of women from ancient Greece to nineteenth-century Vienna. Enlivened by excerpts from authentic letters, magazine articles, and satiric poems, over fifty exquisite black-and-white engravings highlight the wardrobes - and what was worn underneath them - of a Persian dancing girl, an ancient Egyptian woman, a Roman lady of high rank, Queen Elizabeth, Marie de Medici, a woman of the French revolutionary period, and many more. Costume designers, artists, and anyone interested in the history of fashion will be captivated!

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Author:   David Vernon Widder ,  W.B. Lord
Publisher:   Dover Publications Inc.
Imprint:   Dover Publications Inc.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.30cm
Weight:   0.400kg
ISBN:  

9780486461861

ISBN 10:   0486461866
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   28 March 2008
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   No Longer Our Product
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

The Corset--Origin; use amongst savage tribes and ancient people The Corset according to Homer, Terentius. The Strophium of Rome, and the Mitra of Greece Frankish Fashions. The Monks and the Corset. Corsets worn by Gentlemen as well as Ladies in the Thirteenth century Bonnets. Headdresses. Costumes in the time of Francis I Louise de Lorraine. Marie de Medici. Distended Skirts. Hair Powder Louis XV. A la Watteau. Barbers. Fashions under Queen Anne Stays or Corset. Louis XVI. Dress in 1776. Severe Lacing. Hogarth. French Revolution The austrian Empress. Viennese Waists. London small-sized Corsets No elegance without the Corset. Fashion of 1865. Short Waist and Train of 1867. Tight Corset and Short waist Front-fastening Stays. Thomson's Corset. Stability of front-fastening Corset

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