1898 Costumes

After the Civil War the upper middle class in America expanded and became increasingly style-conscious. Visiting European royalty as well as American women returning from the International Exhibition in Paris in 1867 stimulated fashion awareness — and it was in this climate that the magazine Harper's Bazar flowered. Dedicated to being "A repository of Fashion, Pleasure, and Instruction," it brought to American women inside glimpses of the very latest European and American fashions, all in care... [Read More]

Create an authentic fashion parade of Victorian styles with four dolls and 28 gorgeous costumes, including walking suits, carriage dresses, evening and seasonal attire, a bridal gown, and accessories. All costumes are historically accurate adaptations of designs that appeared in Harper's Bazar, one of the 19th century's top fashion magazines.

I. The Close of the Eighteenth Century ... i Licentiousness of Dress and Habits under the Directory II. The Dawn of the Nineteenth Century . The Fair Sex in the Tear VIII III. Under the First Empire ...... Feminine Splendour in Court and City IV. Dress, Drawing - rooms, and Society under the Restoration ....... 1815-1825 V. The Fair Parisian in 1830 ..... 85 Manners, Customs, and Refme?nent of the Belles of the Romantic Period VI. Fashion and Fashion's Votaries, from 1840 to 1850 103 VII. Fashio... [Read More]

**Perenially classic and universally adored family films, starring Romy Schneider.** **Box set includes the Sissi trilogy, along with Romy Schneider's first film, Victoria in Dover, a precursor to the Sissi films, in which Schneider plays Britain s Princess Victoria.** **Blu Ray and DVD box sets include Forever my Love, the beloved Sissi Trilogy presented in a condensed English-dubbed version, originally released by Paramount Pictures in the U.S. and featuring the theme song written by Burt Bach... [Read More]

Rogério desenvolve seu trabalho com grande competência e informação, tanto documental quanto teórica, mais brilho expositivo e analítico, convidando o leitor a pensar sobre sutis nuances de um intelectual e artista de incontáveis faces.Raul Pederneiras foi identificado como um dos principais nomes brasileiros da caricatura e das artes gráficas que lhe são próximas, incluindo os quadrinhos. O rigoroso trabalho de Rogério Souza Silva acompanha exaustivamente o percurso do autor. Ao inv�... [Read More]

The drama, expansion, mansions and wealth of New York City's transformative Gilded Age era, from 1870 to 1910, captured in a magnificently illustrated hardcover.In forty short years, New York City suddenly became a city of skyscrapers, subways, streetlights, and Central Park, as well as sprawling bridges that connected the once-distant boroughs. In Manhattan, more than a million poor immigrants crammed into tenements, while the half of the millionaires in the entire country lined Fifth Avenue wi... [Read More]

A book dealing exclusively with Moore's tapestries which he based on his drawings. Garrould discusses them in the context of his work and the way in which they reflect his obsessions: the mother and child, the reclining human figure and the larger form enclosing the smaller. Power describes their production from wool dying to weaving.

Nothing is more versatile than the bandana! You can use them for arts and crafts projects like lining a basket or stitching a quilt, as sports team colors (great for Capture the Flag), as reusable, environmentally friendly hankies and dust masks, for light house cleaning, to carry supplies when camping, as an easy to carry and store seat cover for dirty or cold/hot stadium seats or for on the bleachers like at baseball games, and even as ice packs on hot summer days or to ice a child's scraped k... [Read More]

Artist: Emil Orlik | Drawing: Volendam Girl in Costume | Original Medium: pastel on gray-brown paper

Size: S EU/US: M Bust: 104cm/40.94'' Shoulder: 42cm/16.54'' Length: 63cm/24.80'' Sleeve: 60cm/23.62'' Size: M EU/US: M Bust: 107cm/42.13'' Shoulder: 43cm/16.93'' Length: 65cm/25.59'' Sleeve: 62cm/24.41'' Size: L EU/US: L Bust: 110cm/43.31'' Shoulder: 44cm/17.32'' Length: 67cm/26.38'' Sleeve: 64cm/25.20'' Size: XL EU/US: L Bust: 113cm/44.49'' Shoulder: 45cm/17.72'' Length: 69cm/27.17'' Sleeve: 66cm/25.98'' Size: XXL EU/US: XL Bust: 116cm/45.67'' Shoulder: 46cm/18.11'' Length: 71cm/27.95'' Sleeve:... [Read More]