Edwardian Fashion

by Daniel Milford-Cottam

Overview

Fashion in the Edwardian period underwent some quite revolutionary changes. The delicately coloured, flower-and-lace-trimmed trailing gowns and elaborate hairstyles worn by tightly corseted fashionable ladies in the early years of Edward VII's reign would transform into the boldly coloured, dramatically stylized Eastern-inspired kimono wraps, slender hobble skirts, ankle-skimming tunic dresses and turbans of 1914 on the eve of the First World War. This book presents the story of women's and men's dress through this exciting period, and is a fascinating addition to the bestselling Shire fashion list that already includes Fashion in the Time of Jane Austen and Fashion in the Time of the Great Gatsby.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780747814757
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	02/10/2014
Series:	Shire Library , #798
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	64
File size:	11 MB
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About the Author

Daniel Milford-Cottam has studied the history of dress from a young age. While assistant curator in the Furniture, Textiles and Fashion department at the Victoria and Albert Museum, he worked on the Wedding Dress exhibition and the accompanying publication.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Setting the Scene / 1901–5: An Era of Unremitting Opulence / 1906–10: Artistic Modes and the Directoire Girl / Menswear: Morning Coats and Lounge Suits / 1910–14: Hobble Skirts and Exoticism / Epilogue: The First World War / Further Reading / Index

Editorial Reviews

This book is a must-read for those who are writers of the era or are simply fascinated, as I am, by the gorgeous designs of the age.” —The Historical Novel Review

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