1850 Costumes

100% Polyester. Imported. Spot clean with cold water only. Do not wash, bleach, dry clean or iron.

Shortlisted for the Costume Society of America Millia Davenport Publication Award (2016), this lavishly illustrated book looks at the history of fashion from 1850 to 2010. Taking a decade-by-decade approach, Daniel James Cole and Nancy Deihl explore the history of fashion as a lively and dynamic manifestation of twentieth-century culture. Covering chronological changes in womenswear, menswear, and childrenswear, the book looks at the dissemination of style and the mechanisms of change, at the re... [Read More]

Material: Satin + Cotton Blend Color: Black/Burgundy/Champagne/Green/Purple/Royal Blue/Rose Red Size Type: Regular Size Size: XS/S/M/L/XL/XXL Sleeve Type: Long Sleeve Occasion: Casual/Special Occasion Country of Manufacture: China Size Chart(cm) XS Chest:81-84 Waist:61-64 Hip:89-92 Height:155-160 Neck Size:39 S Chest:86-89 Waist:66-69 Hip:94-97 Height:160-165 Neck Size:40 M Chest:91-94 Waist:71-76 Hip:99-104 Height:165-170 Neck Size:41 L Chest:97-104 Waist:79-84 Hip:106-109 Height:170-175 Neck S... [Read More]

Corsets in one form or another have existed since biblical times. By the 19th century, they were so firmly entrenched in feminine life that it seemed impossible to live without them. These foundation garments altered more than the figure — their restrictions affected the wearer's behavior as well as impressions of her character. Until they were supplanted by diet and exercise, corsets offered the customary means of obtaining the currently popular shape: the rigidly flat torso and raised bosom ... [Read More]

Stays and Corsets: Historical Patterns Translated for the Modern Body goes a step beyond traditional historical costuming texts by not only providing you with historical pattern diagrams and information, but by showing you how to adapt these patterns to the contemporary body shape. Using her original pattern-drafting system, author Mandy Barrington will show you how to draft a historical pattern for a modern body shape, while still retaining an accurate historical silhouette. Each pattern has ... [Read More]

Product Description: This fashion blouse features Gothic style, great for party, perform . Vintage is the focus on design. Loose fit silhouette. Season:All Seasons Gender:Men Occasion:Daily,Casual Material: Polyester Pattern Type:Patchwork Style:Casual Sleeve length:Long Sleeve Collar: Hooded Fit:Fits ture to size Thickness:Standard How to wash:Hand wash Cold,Hang or Line Dry What you get:1 X coat Asian Size:S US/EU Size:M Bust:110cm/43.31'' Shoulder:43cm/16.93'' Sleeve:61cm/24.02'' Length:124cm... [Read More]

A lavishly illustrated history of girlhood embroidery in the state of Delaware, from 1750 to 1850, including beautifully rendered photographs of 190 samplers. This magnificent volume includes well-researched biographical information on the young embroiderers and their families as well as information on prominent needlework teachers and themes.

FASHION: A Timeline in Photographs is a definitive and beautifully illustrated visual history of fashion from one of America’s premiere fashion historians, Caroline Rennolds Milbank. This unrivaled and exceptional fashion resource is an immersive 150-year visual odyssey which tracks year-by-year, decade-by-decade, the ever-changing fashion landscape from 1850 to the present. With over 1400 photographs, almost all of which are rare—either never before published or rarely seen—we see fashion... [Read More]

The first comprehensive examination of the nineteenth-century Ku Klux Klan since the 1970s, Ku-Klux pinpoints the group's rise with startling acuity. Historians have traced the origins of the Klan to Pulaski, Tennessee, in 1866, but the details behind the group's emergence have long remained shadowy. By parsing the earliest descriptions of the Klan, Elaine Frantz Parsons reveals that it was only as reports of the Tennessee Klan's mysterious and menacing activities began circulating in northern n... [Read More]

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