Victorian Fashions 1880-1890, Vol. I (Paperback)

~ (Author), Helen Shannon (Author), Donna H. Felger (Author), Marty Ulseth (Author)

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Product Description

Victorian ladies' fashions as seen through contemporary fashion publications dating from 1880 through 1890. Also included are 15 patterns for making a doll's outfit consisting of a frock, fur-trimmed cloak with matching bonnet and muff (fits a 23in [58cm] doll) adapted from an 1890 Delineator magazine. Over 285 photographs. 130 pages.

About the Author

Hazel Ulseth and Helen Shannon have written several doll dressmaking resource books over a number of years. Among their most popular are Costume Cameos 1 through 5, A Handbook for Doll Costumers, and Creating Fur Teddy Bears: Mink and Fake Fur. Ulseth and Shannon have contributed many doll and Teddy Bear costume and making project to Doll Reader and Teddy Bear and friends magazines. They frequently give workshops on doll costuming and teddy bear making at large toy and doll shows throughout the country.

Product Details

• Paperback: 130 pages
• Publisher: Hobby House Press; illustrated edition edition (February 1, 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0875883095
• ISBN-13: 978-0875883090
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,581,246 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

23 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Ok for dolls, not for costumers, February 25, 2000

By A Customer

This book has long contemporary descriptions of the garments as shown in reproductions of a fashion plates. It is easily 95% little girls dresses with a few womens items interspersed. It seems to be intended as a help to people dressing dolls as a full size doll pattern is included. No other patterns are given or pictured I did not find it much help as I am working with reproducing fullsize women's clothing of the period and found only a handfull of them. Not for costumers.

5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful resource, June 20, 2007

By	C. McArthur "Lillian of Mme. Grey & Company" (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Although more than half the illustrations are of little girl's or teenage girl's clothing, there are plenty of women's illustrations too. The small number of color reproductions are lovely and very useful as many costumers forget that analine dyes were new, bright, and used in color combinations that we just don't think of today. I found this a terrific addition to my collection of fashion and costume books for the bustle period. This book was really meant for making doll costumes but page after page of fashions is more than inspirational for full sized versions. There are some quickly recognizable illustrations (from other publications) but most are new to me. The glossery is very helpful too. Thumbs up to this book. So many costume books skip over the bustle period with one or two styles, but the period (1869 - 1889) had so many variations that it is nice to see a year by year discussion of style. I only wish they had made Vol. III, 1870 - 1879.