Chinstraps, Nose Moulds and Corsets
Subtitle: A Shopper's Guide to Feminine Beauty 1880S-1930s
Publisher: Michael O'Mara
Published: September 1, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9781854794444
Subjects: Personal appearance & beauty care; Social history; Women's studies; Inter-war period, 1918-1939; c 1800 to c 1900; c 1900 - c 1914; History; History - General History; Reference; General; History / General; Trivia; Curiosities & Wonders
Description: This work charts 120 years of women's vanity, frailty and delight. Centuries of advertising have beguiled women into buying things to help make them feel "better". Whilst it is beauty products and clothes that seem to give women confidence there are more basic items used as female morale boosters. Illustrated with unique, original product advertisements, it explores the minutiae of top-to-toe beauty: all those emphemeral extras from hairstyles, hats and curls, bobs and bags, to fashions in faces, bosoms, underwear, jewellery, medallions, belts, buckles and brooches, corsets, stockings, quackery, machines and health aids - all in the pursuit of loveliness.