Costume and Fashion in Color, 1760-1920

The author has divided 160 years of costume and fashion into eight periods in which certain styles were dominant. Evolution of clothing style, focused on England. Includes illustrations of period clothing from Rococo, French Revolution, Directoire, Empire, Romantic Era, Second Rococo, Victorian Era and early 20th-Century periods. The text presents a thoughtful study of the interacting social and aesthetic values that dominated these eighteen crucial decades.