Victorian fashion accessories
Ariel Beaujot.
Bok Engelsk 2012 Ariel. Beaujot,· Electronic books.
| Utgitt | London ; New York : : Berg, , 2012.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (227 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 "The Beauty of her Hands": The Glove and the Making of Middle-Class Womanhood; 2 "The Language of the Fan": Pushing the Boundaries of Middle-Class Womanhood; 3 "Underneath the Parasol": Umbrellas as Symbols of Imperialism, Race, Youth, Flirtation, and Masculinity; 4 "The Real Thing": The Celluloid Vanity Set and the Search for Authenticity; Conclusion; Bibliography. - In Victorian England, women's accessories were always much more than incidental finishing touches to their elaborate dress. Accessories helped women to fashion their identities. Victorian Fashion Accessories explores how women's use of gloves, parasols, fans and vanity sets revealed their class, gender and colonial aspirations. The colour and fit of a pair of gloves could help a middle-class woman indicate her class aspirations.The sun filtering through a rose-colored parasol would provide a woman of a certain age with the glow of youth. The use of a fan was a socially acceptable means of attr
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| ISBN | 9781847886828
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