Costume and Fashion: A Concise HistoryUses drawings, paintings, and photographs to help illustrate the history of fashion in ancient Egypt, classical Greece and Rome, and modern Europe. |
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Page 94
... hats of various kinds . Some of the hats were in fact bonnets with a tall crown , which was sometimes stiffened with buckram ; others were true hats made of stiff or stiffened materials . One of these was the so- called copotain which ...
... hats of various kinds . Some of the hats were in fact bonnets with a tall crown , which was sometimes stiffened with buckram ; others were true hats made of stiff or stiffened materials . One of these was the so- called copotain which ...
Page 137
... hat ' had a wide brim , and was fashion- able in the 1740s . The same is true of the Dettingen hat ( called after the Battle of Dettingen in 1743 ) . It aimed at an effect of military swagger . The usual colour of hats was black ...
... hat ' had a wide brim , and was fashion- able in the 1740s . The same is true of the Dettingen hat ( called after the Battle of Dettingen in 1743 ) . It aimed at an effect of military swagger . The usual colour of hats was black ...
Page 147
... hat . It is a sign of female emancipation when women start wearing hats from 1770 onwards . And suddenly similar plates were being published all over Europe . Accustomed as we are today to fashion illustrations , it is hard for us to ...
... hat . It is a sign of female emancipation when women start wearing hats from 1770 onwards . And suddenly similar plates were being published all over Europe . Accustomed as we are today to fashion illustrations , it is hard for us to ...
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