19th century fashion in detail /
Nineteenth century fashion in detail
by Lucy Johnston, Claire Wilcox.
- 240 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 29 cm
This sumptuously illustrated book reveals the decorative seams, refined stitching, voluptuous drapery, strict corseting and slashing and stamping that make up some of the garments in the V&A's superlative 19th-century fashion collection.
9780500292648 (pbk.) : £24.95 0500292647
Clothing and dress--History--Great Britain--19th century--Pictorial works. Fashion--History--Great Britain--19th century--Pictorial works. Beauty and Fashion. Beauty and Fashion.