Name: fashion and women´s attitudes in the nineteenth century
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Author: Cunnington, C. Willett
ISBN: 9780486431901

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fashion and women´s attitudes in the nineteenth century

Type

Physical Book

Author

C. Willett Cunnington

Publisher

Dover Publications

Language

English

Pages

352

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.3 x 15.3 x 1.9 cm

Weight

0.36 kg.

ISBN

0486431908

ISBN13

9780486431901

Synopsis "fashion and women´s attitudes in the nineteenth century"

The nineteenth century, according to C. Willett Cunnington, was a period when the cult of modesty was a tactical maneuver camouflaged as a virtue. It was also a period when euphemisms were used for such terms as -naked, - -breast, - and -leg, - and when underclothing was vaguely spoken of as -lingerie.-Cunnington, an early twentieth-century authority on fashion, argues that the Victorian matron was governed as much by current popular style as she was by instinct and custom. In a light, amusing, and highly readable account, he not only describes what Englishwomen wore in the nineteenth century but also explains why they clothed themselves as they did.Enlivened with extracts from novels; correspondence from the columns of ladies' magazines; fashion descriptions and period advertisements of beauty aids; the volume traces changes in feminine dress and ideas decade by decade through the 1800s. The importance of being -in fashion- and the longing to imitate -- in appearance -- those in the same social group is closely examined, as is the desire to be sexually attractive and its counter-effort -- to conceal sexual features.A carefully researched work on a fascinating subject, this volume will appeal to a wide audience, encompassing feminists, sociologists, fashion historians, and costume designers.

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