Fashion in the Time of Jane Austen

by Sarah Jane Downing

Book Overview

The broader Regency period 1795-1820 stands alone as an incredible moment in fashion history unlike anything that went before or after. It was the most naked period since Ancient Greece and before the 1960s, and for the first time England became a fashion influence, especially for menswear, and became the toast of Paris. With the ancient regime deposed, court dress became secondary and the season by season flux of fashion as we know it came into...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0747807671
• ISBN13: 9780747807674
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Shire Publications
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.8" x 8.2"