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Over 400 striking fashion designs from rare issues of Godey's Lady's Book (1837-1869) -- the most influential women's magazine of the period. Introduction and captions. 435 designs, 42 in full color.-- Publisher description.
"A unique fashion image developed in mid 19th-century America reflecting the influences of Queen Victoria, the court of Napoleon III and American adaptations of European designs. Many of the stylish silhouettes that emerged from...
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"During the late 18th and early 19th centuries, there was a tubercular moment in which perceptions of the disease consumption (tuberculosis) became inextricably tied to contemporary concepts of beauty, playing out in the clothing fashions of the day. With the ravages of the illness widely regarded as conferring beauty on the sufferer, it became commonplace to regard tuberculosis as a positive affliction, one to be emulated in both beauty practices...
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