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Victorian Fashions and Costumes from Harper's Bazar, 1867-1898 (Dover Pictorial Archives) | 
 enlarge | Creator: Stella Blum
Publisher: Dover Publications
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
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Rating:  10 reviews
Media: Paperback
Pages: 320
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.3
Dimensions (in): 12.1 x 9.3 x 0.8
ISBN: 0486229904
Dewey Decimal Number: 391.0720973
EAN: 9780486229904
ASIN: 0486229904
Publication Date: June 1, 1974
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Day costumes, evening wear, sports clothes, shoes, hats, other accessories in over 1,000 detailed engravings. Very thorough identification of styles, materials, colors by editor. "An endlessly entertaining book." — Theatre Design and Technology.
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Stella Rocks August 2, 2008
Ms. T. M. Brown (Adelaide, SA, Australia)
This is, quite possibly, the most used book for research of Victorian clothes I have in my library. As a member of the Victoriana Society in South Australia, I've turned to it many times to help design and construct clothing of the period for our events. My copy has been falling to pieces for several years now and the one I just purchased is for the woman who works for me as she is into the clothing as much as I am and kept using mine!!! Note to self, buy a new copy for me.
 Victorian Fashion Extravaganza December 18, 2007
Wendy Greer (Fort Lauderdale, FL USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The book was filled with page after page of clothing and accessories, from swim suits to formal wear. The detail of how women adorned themselves and their outfits was very informative. I know that it catered to the upper-class, but it would have been nice to see more for women of a lower class. Also, there was barely anything for men of any class.
31 years of Fashion Plates December 4, 2007
fatal_degree (Michigan)
If you're like me and can't afford to purchase thirty one years worth of original Harpers Bazaar publications, this will fill the void. I actually own two, one to cut up and photocopy, so I can play with coloring a dress before I make it. It covers all the minutia of Haute Couture. Gowns for different occasions, times of day, traveling, dressing gowns, nightwear and undergarments. It also has plates for accessories, shoes, jewelry, gloves, stockings, hats. There are hair combs, ornaments, extensions, and a couple styling techniques. Children's clothing is also included. The major fashion plates have fairly detailed descriptions of the garment features.
There is also a good glossary of terms and colors in the back of the book. Which is a great help for some of the more obscure descriptions.
Too bad there's no color plates.....leaves more for the imagination to fill in I suppose. And BOY will this book keep you dreaming!
Another five-star fashion offering from Dover August 13, 2006
Joseph A. Admire (Manassas, VA USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Dover Publications are the go-to people for books on 19th-century fashion, and Stella Blum's "Victorian Fashions and Costumes from Harper's Bazar, 1867-1898" is at the top of the list. Like the companion volume by Joanne Olian, "Victorian and Edwardian Fashions from 'La Mode Illustree'" (another book on this topic that I've given 5 stars), this book comprehensively shows, in splendid black-and-white illustrations taken directly from the old "Harper's Bazar" (note the spelling!) the changing feminine fashions of the Victorian and Edwardian periods over the 31-year period from 1867 to 1898. Every illustration is at least full-page (there are some breathtaking double-page spreads) and accompanied by brief descriptive text. I would definitely put it on the list of books that every student of 19th-century costume must own.
Excellent Visual Resource for Costumers and Reenactors July 15, 2006
Becky Dekker (Southern Illinois)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Victorian Fashions and Costumes is eye candy for anyone interested in fashion history.
The arrangement of the book in chronological order by year makes it very easy to find historically correct garments, accessories, and hair styles. A brief overview of characteristics specific to the era is included in each section. Most pictures have captions that identify the type of garment and often the fabrics and colors used in a garment.
I used information in this book to create a bodice and bustle representative of the period for a skirt Mary Todd Lincoln wore in 1872 in England.
With all the historical patterns available in the major pattern books, the costumer or reenactor can find a basic pattern and add the correct construction details and embellishments. I enjoy browsing the book and wondering what life was like for the women who wore these clothes. If you are looking for information about the clothing worn by the common woman, you won't find it here. After all, this is from Harper's Bazar, the Vogue of the 19th Century.
Becky
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