CORSETS and CRINOLINES NORAH WAUGH ( Historic Costume Costumes Ladies undergarments ) )

CORSETS and CRINOLINES NORAH WAUGH  ; Softcover ; Published by B T Batsford Ltd. London ;  First Edition in Paperback 1987  ;  ( the first edition was 1954 )               ISBN 0 7134 5699 X ; No. of Pages ; 176  ; Size ; A4

The first of Miss Waugh's important books on historic costume, "Corsets and Crinolines," set a new standard of accuracy and lively interest. Showing that the silhouette of women's dress has been in a state of continuous change, allied to economic and architectural evolution as well as changing ideas of sexual attractiveness, she itemizes three cycles in the last 400 years in which women's silhouette was blown up to the utmost limit, by artificial means, and then collapsed again to a long straight line. At these points and extremes were invariably considered absurdities and the corsets and hoops were discarded by their users, so that in actuality very few specimens from the earlier periods at least have come down to us.

Condition ; very ( very ) good ; Some light creases to the covers ; Very good tight binding ; Very clean - no browning or foxing  pages white and crisp ;  no writing added .

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History of Ladies undergarments underwear Petticoat   from early 1600 s ; fashion  ; design ; patters ; costumes