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Loading... Health, art and reason: Dress reformers of the 19th centuryby Stella Mary Newton
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. A concise history of various types of Dress reform movements, primarily as they effected Britain from the Mid 19th to the Early 20th Centuries. As the title suggests, the three main movements in this era, were the Artistic Dress movement of the PreRafaelite "Brotherhood", the Rational Dress movement, primarily promoted by Feminist groups and Socialist groups, and the Sanitary/Hygenic dress movement which included doctors, and Victorian health nuts, as well as the aforementioned Socialists and Feminists. Newton shows how these disparate reform movements overlapped and came together near the end of the Victorian Era and eventually were absorbed into 20th Century fashion. ( ) no reviews | add a review
"Artistic, hygienic, and rational are not the most familiar words today but a hundred and twenty years ago they evoked the highest sentiments and became powerful weapons in an attack which developed not merely on the dress of the time but on the concept of fashion itself. It is the story of this movement, its members and the clothes they wore that the author tells."--Jacket. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)391.07Social sciences Customs, Etiquette, Folklore Costume and personal appearanceLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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