{"product_id":"fashions-and-costumes-from-godeys-ladys-book-including-8-plates-in-full-color-dover-fashion-and-costumes-0800759248414","title":"Fashions and Costumes from Godey's Lady's Book: Including 8 Plates in Full Color (Dover Fashion and Costumes)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFashions and Costumes from Godey's Lady's Book: Including 8 Plates in Full Color (Dover Fashion and Costumes)\u003c\/strong\u003e by Blum, Stella. paperback edition. ISBN: 0800759248414.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA unique fashion image developed in mid nineteenth-century America reflecting the influences of Queen Victoria, the court of Napoleon III and American adaptions of European designs, many of the stylish silhouettes that emerged from this spirited era are still admired today.\nThis book presents a fashion parade of authentic ladies and childrens styles from the most influential womens magazine of the period — Godeys Ladys Book — which presented both original fashions and adaptations from European publications.\nOver 400 striking designs, including 42 figures in full color, were chosen for this volume from a selection of rare issues (1837–1869) of Godeys by Stella Blum, director of Kent State University Museum and former curator of the Costume Institute at New Yorks Metropolitan Museum of Art.\nAmong the many beautiful illustrations reproduced here are morning dresses, walking suits, riding outfits, ball gowns, capes, childrens costumes, plus hairstyles and a full array of accessories — shoes, bonnets, gloves, muffs, fans, walking sticks, and more. Captions detail the rich fabrics, color schemes, and decorative trims of this gallery of vintage attire.\nThe illustrations offer a panoramic view of evolving styles from Victorian 1940s outfits with severe high necklines, elongated bodices, and bonnets designed to keep the wearers eyes looking chastely ahead; to 1950s adaptations of French haute couture featuring ornate gowns widened with hoopskirts and elaborately trimmed with lace, ribbons, fringes, and feathers; to 1860s garb in which skirts narrowed and graceful trains replaced the hoopskirt.\nCostume and culture historians, clothing designers and illustrators will find the work a valuable reference to clothing designs of the period and a fascinating look back at mid-Victorian couture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44429199343669,"sku":"ByrdShop_0486248410","price":28.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780486248417_e1056cee-0b28-4f5e-9c87-0ac8a7ea5b49_6d8d43ca-95f6-4a21-a2eb-42c8fd6ba72f_6c329fd5-3fe5-4379-9017-3546e5767dd0.jpg?v=1790311964","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/fashions-and-costumes-from-godeys-ladys-book-including-8-plates-in-full-color-dover-fashion-and-costumes-0800759248414","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}