Sarah Jane Downing

Fashion in the Time of Jane Austen (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The broader Regency period 1795 to 1820, stands alone as an incredible moment in fashion history, unlike anything that went before it. For the first time England became a fashion influence, especially for menswear, and became the toast of Paris, as court dress became secondary to the season-by-season flux of fashion as we know it today. Sarah Jane Downing explores the fashion revolution and the innovation that inspired a flood of fashions taking influence from far afield. It was an era of contradiction immortalised by Jane Austen, who adeptly used the new-found diversity of fashion to enliven her characters: Wickham's military splendour; Mr Darcy's understated elegance; and Miss Tilney's romantic fixation with white muslin.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 64
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. August 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780747809425
• Artikelnr.: 48058501

Autorenporträt

Sarah Jane Downing is a freelance writer with a special interest in the eighteenth century. She has written widely about the arts, contributing to national and local magazines and newspapers.

Inhaltsangabe

The Age of Elegance
The Rise of English Fashion
A Fine Romance
Beau Brummell and the Great Renunciation
Rousseau and Fashion Au Naturel
Reticule and Ridicule
After the Age of Elegance
Index