Fashions of the Gilded Age

Library Bookwatch, August, 2004

Fashions Of The Gilded Age

Frances Grimble, editor

Lavolta Press

20 Meadowbrook Drive, San Francisco, CA 94132

http://www.lavoltapress.com

0963651757 $49.00 (volume 1)

0963651765 $49.00 (volume 2)

Fashions Of The Gilded Age is a two-volume set packed from cover to cover with wardrobe information concerning women's styles from the late 1870's and early 1880's. Filled with a total of 343 patterns and 798 illustrations, volume 1 presents solid information concerning corsets, bustles, lingerie, skirts, day bodices, evening bodices, overskirts, polonaises, and day dresses, while volume 2 showcases evening dresses, ball gowns, wedding dresses, riding habits, bathing costumes, and outerwear. Millinery, accessories of all types, and needlework trimmings of embroidery and crochet are also discussed within volume 2. Presented with apportioning sclaes that allow the reader to draft custom sizes for any woman or even for a child's dollhouse, Fashions Of The Gilded Age is a superb reference especially for costume makers, historians concerned with identifying and dating clothing, and vintage clothing collectors.