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Victorian to Vamp: Women's Clothing 1900-1929 (Paperback)
by Paula Jean Darnell (Author)
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Victorian Decorating & Lifestyle Magazine, Sept. 2000
In a little over 100 pages, Paula Jean Darnell presents a lively account of a crucial period of fashion history.

Country Victorian, Sept. 2000
...great reference...you're sure to find this book a fascinating read.

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Product Details
  • Paperback: 112 pages
  • Publisher: Fabric Fancies (January 1, 2000)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1887402152
  • ISBN-13: 978-1887402156
  • Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.4 x 0.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 11.7 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars 3 customer reviews (3 customer reviews)
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Feeble, February 10, 2002
By Dr. Amanda DeWees (Athens, GA USA) - See all my reviews
As a fan of these three eras in fashion, I had high hopes for this book, but the front cover is the best thing about it. The most grievous problem with this book is that, focussing as it does on such a limited time span, it should go into depth about that time span. It does not. The descriptions of fashions of the eras are too generalized and don't indicate how and when changes within the eras took place; since fashion was changing pretty rapidly by the end of the 19th century, and certainly by the beginning of the 20th, I expected much more attention to chronology and gradual changes.

The illustrations are also scanty and often of poor quality; some look as though they were made by tracing the outline of another illustration. I could have forgiven the shortcomings of the text had this book provided lots of illustrations, which is the main reason I suspect many of us buy books on fashion history. This book has a great premise, but it is very unhelpful.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars a "don't buy", May 1, 2003
I had read several encouraging reviews and decided to purchase this book; and unfortunately, I feel that I wasted my money.

On the plus side, while the author says nothing new, she does a good job of going over social and fashion trends of the time; I will give her credit for a decent job of writing and research.

But for me, as for other vintage fashion enthusiasts, any book on historical garments must include lots, and I mean lots, of great illustrations, whether photographs or reprints from contemporary periodicals and catalogs. This is where "Victorian to Vamp" falls disappointingly short.

The reprints are of indifferent quality, a couple of them quite crude (the author couldn't get her hands on a better picture of Amelia Jenks Bloomer? Come on!). And for a book of this type, why oh why couldn't the editors have sprung for a couple of prints in color?

If the author would care to reissue this with the help of a better photo/print researcher, I might be tempted to revise my opinion.

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