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b Lucy Adlington GREAT WAR FASHION Tales from History of Wardrobe 2013

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Item specifics

Condition
Good: A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including ...
Signed By
Unsigned
Signed
No
Ex Libris
No
Narrative Type
Nonfiction
Original Language
English
Intended Audience
Adults
Inscribed
No
Vintage
No
Personalize
No
Type
Novel
Personalized
No
Features
Illustrated
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
ISBN
9780752493480

About this product

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Hi-Story Press The Limited, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
0752493485
ISBN-13
9780752493480
eBay Product ID (ePID)
159793074

Product Key Features

Book Title
Great War Fashion : Tales from the History Wardrobe
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2013
Topic
Fashion & Accessories, Military / World War I, Europe / Great Britain / General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Design, History
Author
Lucy Adlington
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
41.5 Oz
Item Length
10.3 in
Item Width
7.6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
391.2094109041
Synopsis
The journey through Great War Fashion is not just about the changing clothes and fashions of the war years, but much more than that - it is a journey into the lives of the women who lived under the shadow of war and were irrevocably changed by it., Imagine 'stepping into someone else's shoes'. Walking back in time a century ago, which shoes would they be? A pair of silk sensations costing thousands of pounds designed by Yantonnay of Paris or wooden clogs with metal cleats that spark on the cobbles of a factory yard? Will your shoes be heavy with mud from trudging along duckboards between the tents of a frontline hospital... or stuck with tufts of turf from a football pitch? Will you be cloaked in green and purple, brandishing a 'Votes for Women' banner or will you be the height of respectability, restricted by your thigh-length corset?Great War Fashion opens the woman's wardrobe in the years before the outbreak of war to explore the real woman behind the stiff, mono-bosomed ideal of the Edwardian Society lady draped in gossamer gowns, and closes it on a new breed of women who have donned trousers and overalls to feed the nation's guns in munitions factories and who, clad in mourning, have loved and lost a whole generation of men.The journey through Great War Fashion is not just about the changing clothes and fashions of the war years, but much more than that - it is a journey into the lives of the women who lived under the shadow of war and were irrevocably changed by it. At times, laugh-out-loud funny and at others, bringing you to tears, Lucy Adlington paints a unique portrait of an inspiring generation of women, brought to life in rare and stunning images., The story of World War Iwomen as told through their changing wardrobes, from silk stockings to factory wearWe often talk of "stepping into someone else's shoes." Walking back in time a century ago, which shoes would they be? A pair of silk sensations costing thousands of pounds designed by Yantonnay of Paris, or heavy wooden clogs with metal cleats that spark on the cobbles of a factory yard? Would your shoes be heavy with mud from trudging along duckboards between the tents of a frontline hospital, or stuck with tufts of turf from a soccer pitch?This historyfollows the revolution in women's lives and aspirations during the second decade of the 20th century, as reflected in costume and appearance. The bookopens the wardrobe in the years before the outbreak of war to explore the contrast between the stiff, mono-bosomed ideal of Edwardian womanhood and the gossamer gowns draped round her.It examines such contradictions assuffragettes battling social and legal restrictions whilefashion literally hobbles women with narrow skirts and thigh-length corsets."
LC Classification Number
GT738

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