Victorian fashions and costumes from Harper's bazar, 1867-1898 / edited and with an introd. by Stella Blum.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blum, Stella, compiler.

Contributor:

Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Dover pictorial archive series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Costume--History--19th century--Pictorial works.

Costume.

Costume--United States--History--Pictorial works.

History.

Costume--History.

United States.

Genre:

Pictorial works.

Illustrated works.

Penn Provenance:

Venturi, Robert; Brown, Denise Scott

Physical Description:

ix, 294 pages : illustrations ; 32 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Dover Publications, 1974.

Summary:

This book consists of illustrations taken from Harper's Bazar from 1867 to 1898, when that periodical was at the height of its importance and influence. After the Civil War, the American upper-middle class expanded and grew in style-consciousness, stimulated by the visits of European royalty and the International Exhibition in Paris in 1867. Harper's Bazar, which described itself as 'A repository of Fashion, Pleasure, and Instruction, ' brought detailed images of the latest European and American fashions into the homes of the American middle class. The illustrations in this book demonstrate both the tastes of the Victorians and the evolutionary nature of fashion, as styles come and go and then return again. Images of accessories and hair styles are included alongside the expected selection of women's and children's garments.

Contents:

Bustles and puffs (1867-1874)

Natural form and cuirass body (1875-1882)

Return of the bustle (1883-1890)

ǂt Hour ass figure (1891-1898).

Local Notes:

Presented to the Penn Libraries by Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown

Athenaeum copy: Gift of the Victorian Society in America.

ISBN:

048623083X. 0486229904

OCLC:

1119382