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Paris Fashions of the 1890s: A Picture Sourcebook with 350 Designs, Including 24 in Full Color Paperback – May 1, 1984

by Stella Blum (Author)

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Here are 350 haute couture designs from the 1890s reproduced from rare original issues of The Young Ladies Journal, an English periodical devoted to French dress design. Introduction and captions.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Dover Publications (May 1, 1984)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 88 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0486245349
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0486245348
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.7 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.25 x 0.25 x 12.25 inches

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Andrew B. Marlay

Excellent research.

Reviewed in the United States on September 7, 2013

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Top notch reference material, and a must for any serious costume designer, student and/or collector of period clothing. Wonderful illustrations and terrific selection of images.

Reviewed in the United States on April 18, 2002

From the days of John Adams, his wife, Abigail, commented in David McCullough's book about those times, how impressed she was with the fashions of the day in Paris and England at the time, but would never have worn such fashion here in America. The reasons she gave in her letters were that 1)America was mostly "puritans," and/or 2) poor so that much of the European fashion industry was alien to this country where women had to make do with simpler garments. Over the years, it's possible we have not had a clear vision of what constitutes female fashion to its fussiest and frilliest advantage. What little there was in the 1920's 1940's gave way to the men's wear fashions of today where women are taught to compete with men by wearing similar styles, sadly. The ability to manufacture more cheaply now could encourage a revival of designs that challenged Americans throughout her history that the times now may be right for, though not necessarily a return to Victorian times. "Play clothes," especially for women could be much more imaginative and fun, and perhaps women deserve that privilege without having to dress like men even while competing with them in business. Should femininity be so restrained as to make women anomalous and obscure in 2002 as to be nearly a uniform?

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Clint Horne

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Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2007

This book is a good source for 1890's women's fashion embellishment. It gives excellent examples of the wide use of lace, ribbon, buttons, embroidery, feathers, and flowers. It is not, however, a useful resource for studying the structure of the garments. The period illustrations will not give a clear idea of the construction of the clothing to anyone who is not already familiar with the fashions of the period.

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Joseph A. Admire

Good: beautiful illustrations. Bad: not enough description

Reviewed in the United States on April 26, 2007

That pretty much sums it up about Stella Blum's slender paperbound volume Paris Fashions of the 1890s: A Picture Sourcebook with 350 Designs, Including 24 in Full Color. The good side is that the presentation is up to Dover's usual high standard and the illustrations, originally from a British fashion journal of the period, are spectacular, mostly in black-and-white but with some lovely full-color plates. The bad is that aside from the introductory essay, and brief descriptions at the bottom of each page, there's not much in the way of text explaining the outfits the reader is viewing. That makes the book somewhat problematic for people who are trying to reconstruct period fashions for, say, a play or reenactment, but it's still quite a valuable document for people with a general interest in Victorian/Edwardian fashion. It really works best in conjunction with Dover's other books on the subject edited by Ms. Blum and Joanne Olian.

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hate it

Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2003

it would be best to describe what kind of fashion like dresses, shirts,pants and is it just woman clothing or is it mens too? Please tell me more next time

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Roger

very good book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 24, 2011

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the books drawings are mostly drawings in black and white althouth very clear with clean lines some are in colour there is pictures from dress, hats, footwear,parasols
and hair styles. not much infomation about colour with the pictures, but then you
could put your own colours if you are a doll dress maker like me.

rita palfreyman

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 28, 2014

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great book

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