Russell's Standard Fashions 1915-1919 [Paperback]

Phillip Livoni (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 28, 1996

Entertaining selection of pages from specialty shop’s catalogs includes over 1,000 illustrations of suits, coats, dresses, hats, shoes, neckwear, patterns and fabrics for women’s and children’s apparel, and more. Delightful "windows to the past" for nostalgia buffs; indispensable sourcebook for dating and identifying vintage clothing.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Dover Publications (June 28, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0486291227
• ISBN-13: 978-0486291222
• Product Dimensions: 12 x 9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #636,724 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great resource!, February 8, 2001

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chintz22 (Newburyport, MA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Russell's Standard Fashions 1915-1919 (Paperback)

This is one of the books I reach for time and time again. The fashions are stylish but not out of the realm of possibility for the average woman of the time. I also love the narrow, four year time frame--the book really gives you a great overview of the move away from the fussier victorian styles to the more streamlined precusors of the 1920s tunics. I've gotten a lot of ideas for sewing out of this book and the illustrations are charming. Five stars overall!

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic, July 27, 2007

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Deirdre McGaffey Schwein "deirdrebeth" (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Russell's Standard Fashions 1915-1919 (Paperback)

Not only does it give you fantastic pictures, it does things like show you all the possible hem lines for a single dress, or describe the undergarments you can't quite see.

It's wonderful!