The Corset and the Crinoline: An Illustrated History
- ISBN-10
- 0486138402
- ISBN-13
- 9780486138404
- Series
- The Corset and the Crinoline
- Category
- Antiques & Collectibles
- Pages
- 240
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-03-13
- Publisher
- Courier Corporation
- Author
- W. B. Lord
Description
Profusely illustrated fashion history examines how the use of wood, whalebone, steel, hoops, and tight laces had a gripping influence on shaping the figures of women from ancient Greece to 19th-century Vienna.
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- 2007-12-26
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