Victorian Fashions Coloring Book (Dover Fashion Coloring Book) [Paperback]

Tom Tierney (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up | Series: Dover Fashion Coloring Book

These 45 ready-to-color line drawings feature costumes from the Victorian Age, carefully reproduced from authentic sources. Over their tightly laced corsets and billowing crinolines, the models wear sweeping skirts — some with lavishly festooned bustles — accented by dainty fans, gloves, bonnets, and parasols. A must for fashion historians and lovers of Victoriana. Captions.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Paperback: 48 pages
• Publisher: Dover Publications (July 10, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0486299171
• ISBN-13: 978-0486299174
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 7.5 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #321,601 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #31 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Home & Garden > Antiques & Collectibles > Textiles & Costume
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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Victorian dresses, September 15, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Victorian Fashions Coloring Book (Dover Fashion Coloring Book) (Paperback)

This is a perfect book for anyone that enjoys Victorian fashions. The dresses have alot of small details, so I used colored pencils, wich worked perfect. Most of the dresses tell what kind of dress it is and the year it came out. So I enjoyed coloring and learning about the dresses.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Buy this one!, March 27, 2005

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Fashion Coloress "Catana" (Minnesota USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Victorian Fashions Coloring Book (Dover Fashion Coloring Book) (Paperback)

This book is a great treat to anyone interested in Victorian fasion. Or fashion at all, for that matter. I loved coloring it and just imagining life in Victorian times, what with the whalebone corsets and all that! Couple drawbacks: 1)There are a number of pictures with a lot of black already in them. For example, men wearing black suits are already blacked out for you. If you don't mind that, ignore this drawback! 2)Each picture has some background, some more than others. Some of the backgrounds are so complex, the fasion seems almost secondary, which to me is a definite no-no since I bought the book for the fashions, not the landscape! Other than that, this is a fantastic coloring book, with hours of relaxing fun for the coloring and/or fashion enthusiast in your life.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars So much fun!, June 30, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Victorian Fashions Coloring Book (Dover Fashion Coloring Book) (Paperback)

I never fully appreciated coloring books until I grew old enough and garnered enough patience to color detailed works like these. I draw as well, but there is something to be said about simply filling in someone else's work. It's very relaxing. Colored pencils work great as do super-fine tipped markers (Pentel). I would not use crayons, as the points aren't small enough to get at everything in these drawings, but they might be good for backgrounds.