History of Underclothes (eBook)

C. Willett Cunnington, PhiIlis Cunnington (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2013
272 Seiten
Dover Publications (Verlag)
978-0-486-31978-0 (ISBN)

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Fascinating, well-documented survey covering 6 centuries of English undergarments, enhanced with over 100 illustrations: 12th-century laced-up bodice, footed long drawers (1795), 19th-century bustles, 19th-century corsets for men, Victorian "bust improvers," much more.

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"e;. . . thoroughness and most impressive scholarship . . . much entertaining detail and . . . pleasant humour."e; — The Times Literary Supplement (London)Underwear — practical garments with a utilitarian function or body coverings that serve an erotic purpose? As this fascinating and intelligently written study shows, the role played by underclothing over the last several centuries has been a varied one.In a well-documented, profusely illustrated volume combining impressive scholarship with an entertaining, often humorous style, two distinguished clothing historians consider undergarments worn by the English over the past 600 years. Beginning with the Middle Ages, the authors cover centuries of clothing history, including the Tudor period, the Restoration, the Victorian and Edwardian eras, and the twentieth century up to the eve of World War II. Drawing on extensive, research, the Cunningtons illuminate the role and function of underwear: it protected the wearer against the elements, supported costume shapes, served as an erotic stimulus, symbolized class distinctions, and fulfilled other social, sanitary, and economic functions. Enhancing the detailed, comprehensive text are more than 100 period illustrations and photographs depicting a laced-up bodice of the twelfth century, embroidered linen drawers of the sixteenth century, a hooped petticoat support in bentwood (c. 1750), footed long drawers (1795), nineteenth-century bustles, early nineteenth-century corsets for men, "e;Frillies for the Tiny Lady"e; (1939), and much more. A bibliography, appendix, and index complete a valuable reference work that will appeal to costume historians, sociologists, and other readers.

Inhalt

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONSINTRODUCTIONI. MEDIEVAL PERIODII. 1485-1625III. 1626-1710IV. 1711-1790V. 1791-1820VI. 1821-1840VII. 1841-1856VIII. 1857-1866IX. 1867-1882X. 1883-1896XI. 1897-1908XII. 1909-1918XIII. 1919-1939BIBLIOGRAPHYAPPENDIXINDEX

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.7.2013
• Reihe/Serie: Dover Fashion and Costumes
• Reihe/Serie: Dover Fashion and Costumes
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Antiquitäten
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Sammeln / Sammlerkataloge
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Schlagworte: 1200 • Accessories • accuracy • Asia • Auguste • books on accessories • books on accuracies • books on auguste • books on corsets • books on costume designers • books on costume designs • books on costumings • books on coverings • books on eras • books on fashion histories • books on fashion plates • books on fashions • books on garments • books on hair styles • books on hairstyles • books on historians • books on historical clothings • books on historical costumes • books on historical fashions • books on historic costumes • books on illustrators • books on nineteenth centuries • books on outfits • books on period clothes • books on period clothings • books on plates • books on polyesters • books on time periods • books on undergarments • books on underwears • corsets • costume design • costume designer • costumer • costuming • coverings • eRAs • fashion dictates • Fashion History • fashion plates • fashions • garments • hair styles • Hairstyles • historians • historical clothing • historical costumes • historical fashion • historic costume • illustrators • minuses • Nineteenth century • Nineteenth-Century • OUTFITS • period clothes • period clothing • pictorial • Plate • pluses • Polyester • time period • underclothing • undergarments • underwear • wore • worn
• ISBN-10: 0-486-31978-4 / 0486319784
• ISBN-13: 978-0-486-31978-0 / 9780486319780