Stella Blum: 2 books
Fashions and Costumes from Godey's Lady's Book
Including 8 Plates in Full Color
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2013
A unique fashion image developed in mid nineteenth-century America reflecting the influences of Queen Victoria, the court of Napoleon III and American adaptions of European designs, many of the stylish silhouettes that emerged from this spirited era are still admired today.
This book presents a fashion...
Eighteenth-Century French Fashion Plates in Full Color
64 Engravings from the "Galerie des Modes," 1778-1787
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2016
The Galerie des Modes has been called the "most beautiful collection in existence on the fashions of the 18th century." Published over a 10-year period, its plates were elegantly drawn, accurately engraved, and exquisitely hand colored. Here are 64 of the finest plates, reproduced faithfully from the originals and selected by costume historian Stella Blum.