Costume in Context: The 1920s and 1930s
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| Rating | : | 4.18 (879 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0713457732 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 64 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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Laura D said I've Seen Better Illustrations. It's a very heartfelt effort and I love "costume books" -- as well as coloring books and paper dolls depicting fashions of the past. However -- and I hate to sound so cruel and nit-picky -- Jennifer Ruby's artwork leaves more than a little to be desired. The ideas are very nice, but she cannot quite carry out the illustrations,
Jennifer Ruby is also the author of "The Stuarts" and "The Edwardians" in this series.. Largely a visual history of costume in the 1920s and 1930s, the book shows major developments in fashion for all strata of society and details the social background to these changes