| Accessorizing the Bride: Vintage Wedding Finery Through the Decades Contributor(s): Shephard, Norma (Author) |
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ISBN: 0764321854 ISBN-13: 9780764321856 Publisher: Schiffer Publishing OUR PRICE: $47.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: May 2005 Annotation: The changing image of brides, with an emphasis on the supporting garments and accessories set in historical context, with notations on design, fabrication, embellishment, provenance, and estimated current value. A must have for fashion collectors, costumers, dealers, designers, and historians. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Reference | Weddings |
| Dewey: 392.540 |
| LCCN: 2004031043 |
| Physical Information: 0.91" H x 9" W x 11.26" (3.09 lbs) 208 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Beautifully photographed and exhaustively researched, this romantic journey through fifteen decades of bridal fashion offers a comprehensive, yet intimate, look at wedding costume c.1860 to the present day. Using original wedding portraits and hundreds of full color photographs, this enchanting book chronicles the changing image of brides, from petticoats and parasols associated with Victorian bustle gowns, to late 1990s bustiers and pashminas, with emphasis on the supporting garments and accessories that add finishing touches to each unique and timeless style. It is a look over our shoulder at those brides of the past, a tribute to the skills of their seamstresses and designers, and a sentimental torch passed to the brides and fashion designers of the future.\nAccessorizing the Bride is a must have reference for fashion collectors, costumers, vintage clothing dealers, dress designers, and historians. The gowns and accessories within these pages are set in historical context, with notations on design, fabrication, embellishment, provenance (where known), and estimated current value. |