[Gutenberg 53267] • The Corset and the Crinoline / A Book of Modes and Costumes from Remote Periods to the Present Time
- Authors
- Lord, William Barry
- Publisher
- Dover Publications
- Tags
- crinolines -- pictorial works , clothing and dress -- history -- pictorial works , corsets , clothing and dress -- history , corsets -- pictorial works , crinolines
- ISBN
- 9780486138404
- Date
- 2012-03-13T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 2.54 MB
- Lang
- en
Profusely illustrated fashion history examines how the use of wood, whalebone, steel, hoops, and tight laces had a gripping influence on shaping the figures of women from ancient Greece to 19th-century Vienna.