Victorian Fashions Coloring Book (History of Fashion) (Paperback)

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Product Description

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 9-12
  
• Paperback: 48 pages
• Publisher: Dover Publications (July 10, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0486299171
• ISBN-13: 978-0486299174
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #92,969 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

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

By A Customer

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.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

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

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

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.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Bit hastily illustrated Victorian Fashions, February 12, 2007

By	Lady Ofelia - See all my reviews

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.