Nineteenth-Century Women's Fashion

Follow high—style couture trends over a 100—year period from 1800 to 1900, as illustrated in 374 color photographs of original, hand—colored fashion plates from the author's private collection. The 11 chapters (organized by decade) include a brief survey of the subtle changes in clothing design through each decade and a social history of the times. Follow the whims of fashion on this promenade through the 1800s, when high—society women sported beribboned toques and turbans and crinolines, c...