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How to Read a Dress: A Guide to Changing Fashion from the 16th to the 20th Century More Info about books visit : https://incledger.com/?book=1350108286 by Lydia Edwards Book Descriptions : Fashion is ever-changing, and while some styles mark a dramatic departure from the past, many exhibit subtle differences from year to year that are not always easily identifiable. With overviews of each key period and detailed illustrations for each new style, How to Read a Dress is an authoritative visual guide to women's fashion across five centuries.Each entry includes annotated color images of historical garments, outlining important features and highlighting how styles have developed over time, whether in shape, fabric choice, trimming, or undergarments. Readers will learn how garments were constructed and where their inspiration stemmed from at key points in history ? as well as how dresses have varied in type, cut, detailing and popularity according to the occasion and the class, age and social status of the wearer.This lavishly illustrated book is the ideal tool for anyone who has ever wanted to know their cartridge pleats from their R?camier ruffles. Equipping the reader The right book in the right hands at the right time,can change the world. *See what books your friends are reading. Track the books you're reading, have read, and want to read. Check out your personalized book recommendations. Our recommendation engine analyzes 20 billion data points to give suggestions tailored to your literary tastes. Find out if a book is a good fit for you from our community�s reviews.
How to Read a Dress: A Guide to Changing Fashion from the 16th to the 20th Century
More Info about books visit : https://incledger.com/?book=1350108286
by Lydia Edwards
Book Descriptions :
Fashion is ever-changing, and while some styles mark a dramatic departure from the past, many exhibit subtle differences from year to year that are not always easily identifiable. With overviews of each key period and detailed illustrations for each new style, How to Read a Dress is an authoritative visual guide to women's fashion across five centuries.Each entry includes annotated color images of historical garments, outlining important features and highlighting how styles have developed over time, whether in shape, fabric choice, trimming, or undergarments. Readers will learn how garments were constructed and where their inspiration stemmed from at key points in history ? as well as how dresses have varied in type, cut, detailing and popularity according to the occasion and the class, age and social status of the wearer.This lavishly illustrated book is the ideal tool for anyone who has ever wanted to know their cartridge pleats from their R?camier ruffles. Equipping the reader
The right book in the right hands at the right time,can change the world.
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How to Read a Dress: A Guide to Changing Fashion
from the 16th to the 20th Century
Author : Lydia Edwards Pages : 216 pages Publisher : Bloomsbury
Visual Arts Language : ISBN-10 : 1350108286 ISBN-13 :
9781350108288
Fashion is ever-changing, and while some styles mark a dramatic
departure from the past, many exhibit subtle differences from year to
year that are not always easily identifiable. With overviews of each key
period and detailed illustrations for each new style, How to Read a
Dress is an authoritative visual guide to women's fashion across five
centuries.Each entry includes annotated color images of historical
garments, outlining important features and highlighting how styles have
developed over time, whether in shape, fabric choice, trimming, or
undergarments. Readers will learn how garments were constructed and
where their inspiration stemmed from at key points in history ? as well
as how dresses have varied in type, cut, detailing and popularity
according to the occasion and the class, age and social status of the
wearer.This lavishly illustrated book is the ideal tool for anyone who
has ever wanted to know their cartridge pleats from their R?camier
ruffles. Equipping the reader
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