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Victorian Fashions Coloring Book (Dover Fashion Coloring Book)

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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.

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.

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.

This book contains 45 fashion illustrations from 1837 to 1877. Lots of ladies' evening wear, walking costumes, 10 outfits for children and even some dogs are included among many other.

Some of the illustrations are really well done and detailed. However, many of them feels little bit too quickly drawn. Almost every fashion outfit has also some backround - like seashore, garden or room. I agree with the reviewer who thought this book would be better without. Many of these backrounds are really hastily made and actually make whole illustration to look quite chaotic.

However, if you are into this period and you like coloring, I guess you would enjoy this book. It offers nice acitivity for hours.

My wife can hardly lay her coloring books down. She has this one on Victoreian fashions and several others, and I am sure she will be ordering more when these are completed.

I just purchased these Dover COloring Books for my mother and she loves them. The detail is out of this world and the variety of colors you can use are only limited by your inagination. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

My daughter loves this book, and so do I! It is a very lovely and fun way to be artistic!

I loved the idea of a "Victorian" coloring book. The detail was terrific. It was a gift to a childhood friend who I used to sit and color with.

I have ordered this before and will order it again. the details are wonderful and I spend hours coloring, as I am disabled and cannot do a lot. I love the Victorian era and sometimes i think I was born too late. This is great as a gift or for yourself.