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Fashioning the Victorians : a critical sourcebook / edited by Rebecca N. Mitchell.

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ISBN	9781350023406
	9781350023390
	9781350023413
Title	Fashioning the Victorians : a critical sourcebook / edited by Rebecca N. Mitchell.
Publisher and/or associated date/s	London : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2018.
Publisher and/or associated date/s	©2018.
Description	xviii, 245 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Series	Dress, body, culture
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-239) and index.
Contents	Fashion Theory in the Nineteenth Century -- Dress Reform -- Crinolines and Corsets -- Men's Dress -- Occasional Dress: Wedding, Mourning, Children's and Fancy Dress -- Production and Industry -- International Influences and Echoes -- Coda: Reflecting on the Victorians.
Summary	Offering a unique anthology of primary texts, this sourcebook opens a window on the writing that shaped and mirrored Victorian fashion, taking us from corsets to crinolines, dandies to decadent 'New Women'. A user-friendly collection that provides a solid grounding in the fashion history of the nineteenth century, it brings together for the first time sources that trace the evolution of dress and the social, cultural and political discourses that influenced it.
Subjects	Clothing and dress -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
Subjects	Clothing and dress -- Great Britain -- History -- Sources
Other Authors &/or Associated Persons	Mitchell, Rebecca N. (Rebecca Nicole), 1976- (editor.)
Series	Dress, body, culture
Call number	2018.470

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Barcode	Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Status	Due Date
A00889528	2018.470	General Collection		. Available to Museum Staff .