Author: Weldon & CoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Costume
Languages : en
Pages : 45
Book Description
Weldon's Fancy Dress for Ladies and Gentlemen
Author: Weldon & CoDressing Up
Author: Verity WilsonPublisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 1789145309
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Featuring many exquisite historical photographs, a celebration of the sometimes extravagant, sometimes bizarre pastime: playing dress-up. Pierrot, Little Bo Peep, cowboy: these characters and many more form part of this colorful story of dressing up, from the accession of Queen Victoria to the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. During this time, fancy dress became a regular part of people’s social lives, and the craze for it spread across Britain and the Empire, reaching every level of society. Spectacular and witty costumes appeared at suburban street carnivals, victory celebrations, fire festivals, missionary bazaars, and the extravagant balls of the wealthy. From the Victorian middle classes performing “living statues” to squads of Shetland men donning traditional fancy dress and setting fire to a Viking ship at the annual Up Helly Aa celebration, this lavishly illustrated book provides a unique view into the quirky, wonderful world of fancy dress.
Weldon's Fancy Dress for Ladies, Or, Suggestions for Fancy and Calico Balls, Also Fancy Bazaars and Private Theatricals
Author: Weldon's, Limited. LondonPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Weldon's Practical Fancy Dress for Ladies ...
Author: Weldon & CoMaking Vintage 1920s Clothes for Women
Author: Suzanne RowlandPublisher: The Crowood Press
ISBN: 1785003402
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
The 'roaring twenties' were exciting years for women's fashion. The iconic image is of the young 'flapper' dancing the night away in a sparkling dress with fringes and tassels moving to the beat of the Jazz age. But, for all women in the post-war years of the 1920s, there was a new freedom in fashion as hemlines lifted and waistlines dropped. The simplified silhouette caused a boom in home dressmaking as women with basic sewing skills used tissue paper patterns to run up a new frock in the latest style. This practical book explains the background to these years and the trends in women's fashion, before introducing a range of garments that women would typically have worn. Suzanne Rowland gives a unique and detailed account of how to make vintage 1920s clothes for women based on the dress collections at the Royal Pavilion & Museums, Brighton & Hove, and Worthing Museum and Art Gallery. Fifteen detailed projects for garments and accessories include a pair of fashionably daring beach pyjamas, the wedding dress of a bride from East Sussex, and a simple striped frock suitable for wearing at a British seaside resort. Each project includes a detailed description of the original garment with an accompanying illustration alongside photographs of the original pieces. Scaled patterns are included with a list of materials and equipment required. Step-by-step instructions and close-up photographs are given for each stage of the making process with information about the original techniques used. Superbly illustrated with 314 close-up colour photographs.
Carnival to Catwalk
Author: Benjamin Linley WildPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350015016
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Shortlisted for the Association of Dress Historians Book of the Year Award, 2021 From West African masquerades to Venetian carnivals and New York society galas, fancy dress has long been used to convey important social and political messages. The only form of clothing that all people, regardless of gender, race, class or sexuality are likely to wear at some point in their lives, fancy dress is a symbol of both escapism and protest; it stands for a vision of fantasy and fun, while also confronting the reality of cultural stereotypes. Exploring all the allure, playfulness and daring of dressing up, Carnival to Catwalk takes the reader on a fascinating journey through the global history of fancy dress. Drawing on a treasure-trove of textual and visual resources, the book encompasses Halloween festivities and transvestite clubs, Mardi Gras parades and gatherings at Versailles, revealing how fancy dress has long been used to celebrate as well as to disguise individual identity. Vividly chronicling evidence from the Middle Ages to the modern day, cultural historian Benjamin Wild throws open the historical dressing-up box and demonstrates the enduring appeal of fancy dress, as it becomes an increasingly central part of modern couture and clothing design. Meticulously researched and beautifully illustrated, Carnival to Catwalk is a remarkable resource for scholars, students and costume enthusiasts alike.
Weldon's Practical Fancy Dress for Ladies ; Or, Suggestions for Fancy and Calico Balls, Also Fancy Bazaars, and Private Theatricals, with Full Details
Author: Weldons Ltd., LondonPublisher:
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Category : Costume
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Gentlemen's Fancy Dress
Author: Ardern HoltRemembering Queens and Kings of Early Modern England and France
Author: Estelle ParanquePublisher: Springer
ISBN: 3030223442
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
This collection examines the afterlives of early modern English and French rulers. Spanning five centuries of cultural memory, the volume offers case studies of how kings and queens were remembered, represented, and reincarnated in a wide range of sources, from contemporary pageants, plays, and visual art to twenty-first-century television, and from premodern fiction to manga and romance novels. With essays on well-known figures such as Elizabeth I and Marie Antoinette as well as lesser-known monarchs such as Francis II of France and Mary Tudor, Queen of France, Remembering Queens and Kings of Early Modern England and France brings together reflections on how rulers live on in collective memory.
Fancy Dress
Author: Anthea JarvisPublisher: Bloomsbury Shire Publications
ISBN:
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description