num_pages: 128
description: Over 280 rare photographs document the clothing of ordinary men, women, and children from the 1840s through the 1890s, in what appears to be their Sunday best. Bustles, hoops, pantalets, shirtwaists, top hats, waistcoats, bowlers, other Victorian-era attire, as well as hairdressing and tonsorial styles. Introduction to fashions of each decade.
language: English
title: American Victorian Costume in Early Photographs
titlecomplete: American Victorian Costume in Early Photographs (Dover Fashion and Costumes)
genres: Photography, History, Costume History, Fashion, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 52
publisher: Dover Publications