History of Twentieth Century FashionExplains contemporary changes in making fashionable garments accessible to all classes of women, culminating in mass production of women's ready-to-wear. |
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Page 68
... colours as different as anything could be from the sugar - almond , sweet - pea colours of the time and also from the neutral greys and browns of more practical fashion . In doing so , he drew on new elements which had never before ...
... colours as different as anything could be from the sugar - almond , sweet - pea colours of the time and also from the neutral greys and browns of more practical fashion . In doing so , he drew on new elements which had never before ...
Page 100
... colours , chiefly grey and beige , and materials like flannel and the porridge - coloured wool jersey which had hitherto been used only for the stodgiest kind of underwear , but she also used strong , clear , even violent colours . She ...
... colours , chiefly grey and beige , and materials like flannel and the porridge - coloured wool jersey which had hitherto been used only for the stodgiest kind of underwear , but she also used strong , clear , even violent colours . She ...
Page 188
... Colours Navy Grey Pale Blue 25 % guma SPECIALITY MODELS Guipure lace dress over Taffera slip . Colours White Black Ecru Rule Blue 28 gun 195 Easy flattering well made clothes . 1953 reacted by opening special sections planned on ...
... Colours Navy Grey Pale Blue 25 % guma SPECIALITY MODELS Guipure lace dress over Taffera slip . Colours White Black Ecru Rule Blue 28 gun 195 Easy flattering well made clothes . 1953 reacted by opening special sections planned on ...
Contents
Manufacture grows but sweated labour | 48 |
The start of modern fashion and the effect | 62 |
New fashion makers and the new kinds | 99 |
Copyright | |
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