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Out-Of-Style - A Modern Perspective of How, Why and When Vintage Fashions Evolved, by Betty Kreisel Shubert; xx+349pp; Published: 2013; Paperback; 8.5x11; ISBN: 9780983576198; Item # BKS01
Finally! An easy way for genealogists to time-date old family photographs. This is the book that makes other history of costume books...already in libraries ...more easily understood.
- Men, women and children 19th through 20th centuries and beyond
- Fascinating gems of social history are woven into stories that illuminate the life and times of each era
- Hundreds of sequential illustrations reveal the style clues that time-date each decade
- Written by an experienced costume designer with an insightful sense of humor making this a surprisingly good read
Table of Contents
Decade by Decade, Illustrations and Descriptive Text
- Author’s Notes: How This Book Was Born
- Introduction
- PART ONE – 19TH CENTURY 1830-1900
- Chapter 1: Evolution In A Thimble 1830-1900
- Illustrated Overview of the Primary Silhouettes of Each Decade 1830-1900
- How Fashions Go Forward and Sometimes Back Again
- Chapter 2: Why Hoop Skirts Were Born
- Illustrated Chart to Identify the Shape of Hoop Skirts
- How They Grew and Why They Died
- Chapter 3: The Nine Sequential Phases Of The Rise And Fall And Rise (Again!) Of The Bustle
- Illustrations - What Was Hiding Under Her Bustle?
- Illustrated Chart of the Nine Phases
- Style Clues of the Nine Phases Decade-by-Decade
- Chapter 4: The Out-Of-Style Fashion Show
- Invitation to an Out-of-Style Fashion Show
- From Stylish to Obsolete in a Few Short Years
- Chapter 5: When Proportions Change
- Illustrations - Proportions Change at Their Most Extreme to a Completely Opposite Look
- Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder
- Illustrations – Ever-Changing Erogenous Zones
- The Pressure to Conform (Even if it Kills You!)
- Illustrations - Foot Fetishes and Fashion Victims
- The Pressure to Conform (Even if it Gives You Bunions!)
- Arrested Development: Women Who Wait Too Long
- Chapter 6: How Undergarments Affected The Posture And Shape Of Women’s Bodies
- CORSETS
- Illustrations - How the Changing Shape of Corsets Changed the Shape of Women and Their Clothes
- All About Corsets … (How Fitting!)
- Tight Lacing
- Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder
- A Good Body Never Goes Out-of-Style
- BRASSIERES
- From Upholstered Bodies to “LOOK MA! … NO BRA!”
- From Thick Stockings to Sheer Pantyhose in a Few Hundred Years
- News Flash! … 600 Year Old Bra Found in Medieval Castle!
- Chapter 7: Special Occasion Clothes
- REFORM DRESS
- Illustrations - The Milestones of Reform Dress
- The Milestones of Reform Dress and the Birth of the Bloomer Girl
- Illustration – “We Got the Vote.”…1920
- WEDDINGS
- Illustrations - Wedding Veils and Hairstyles 1840s-1920s
- Is She Wearing Her Own New Wedding Gown or Her Mother’s?
- MATERNITY CLOTHES
- Illustrations – Maternity Clothes
- The Comfort of Mother Hubbard Dresses While “Heavy with Child” (aka pregnant)
- MOURNING DRESS
- Illustrations - First Phase Mourning Dress
- How to Recognize Mourning Clothes in a Vintage Photograph
- The Four Stages of Mourning in 19th Century
- Mourning in the 20th Century
- Mourning Dress Is Dead!
- The Colors of Mourning
- Life (And Weddings) Must Go On
- Mourning Jewelry
- BATHING SUITS
- Illustration - From Baggy Bloomers to Sexy Bikinis 1850s-1950s
- The Evolution of Bathing Suits
- Chapter 8: Modern Improvements
- PHOTOGRAPHY
- Illustration –Vintage Camera…”See the Birdie”?
- How Early Photography Froze Moments In Time, So that We Can Look at the Past
- SEWING MACHINES
- The First Sewing Machines
- Illustration – What an Old Sew and Sew!
- WASHING MACHINES
- Illustration - Before Washing Machines and Dryers
- Wash Day Over a Wash Tub
- HAIRSTYLES
- Illustration - Permanent Wave Machine
- Women’s Hairstyle Notes – 19th to 20th Century
- Chapter 9: How To Trace Your Ancestors… Literally!
- Illustrated Instructions - How to Trace Your Ancestors
- Style Clues That Result From Tracings
- Chapter 10: Overview – Women’s Clothes 1840-1900
- Style Clues for the Fashion Detective
- Illustrations and Descriptive Text Decade-by-Decade
- 1840-1850s
- 1850-1860s
- 1860-1870s
- 1870-1880s
- 1880-1890s
- 1890-1900
- Chapter 11: Overview – Men’s Clothes 1840-1900
- Illustrations and Descriptive Text
- 1840-1850s
- 1850-1860s
- 1860-1870s
- 1870-1880s
- 1880-1890s
- 1890-1900
- Chapter 12: Children’s Clothes 19th Century
- Illustrations – From Pantaloons to Pants
- When Little Boys Wore Dresses and Little Girls Wore Pantaloons
- Illustration – Little Lord Fauntleroy and His Sister
- Overview – The Small World of 19th Century Children
- Chapter 13: Boys’ Clothes 1840-1900
- Illustrations and Descriptive Text Decade-by-Decade
- 1840-1850s
- 1850-1860s
- 1860-1870s
- 1870-1880s
- 1880-1890s
- 1890-1900
- Chapter 14: Girls’ Clothes 1840-1900
- Illustrations and Descriptive Text Decade-by-Decade
- 1840-1850s
- 1850-1860s
- 1860-1870s
- 1870-1880s
- 1880-1890s
- 1890-1900
- PART TWO – 20TH CENTURY 1900-1960
- Chapter 15: Overview
- Illustrations – Evolution of Hemlines in 100 years
- Overview: The Bottom Line About Hemlines and The March to Modernity 1900-2000
- Chapter 16: The First Two Decades 1900-1920
- Illustrations 1900-1910 – Women’s Dress Variations
- Turn of Century Silhouettes
- Illustrations 1910-1920 – Women’s Dress Variations
- Designer Paul Poiret and the Demise of The Hourglass Figure
- How Tailor-Made Suits and Sears, Roebuck Catalogs Helped Unify America
- Shirtwaist Blouses and Show Biz Gossip
- The Color Alice-Blue and The Birth of Teddy Bears
- Illustration – Child with Teddy Bear
- Illustrations – Hats 1900-1914
- The Changing Shapes of Millinery 1900-1920s
- Illustrations – 1906-1920
- Chapter 17: America On The Road
- Illustrations – Auto Touring Clothes
- Automobile Touring Clothes
- Photograph: 1916 Elgin automobile
- How WWI Jodphurs and Riding Britches Replaced Dusters and Hats
- Chapter 18: Fashion Changes 1920-1960
- THE ROARING TWENTIES
- Illustrations - Dress Variations 1920-1930
- Who Put the Roar in the Roaring Twenties?
- Illustrations – Hats and Hairstyles 1920-1930
- THE “GREAT DEPRESSION” AND THE GOLDEN AGE OF RADIO
- Everything Changed in the 1930s
- Illustrations - Dress Variations 1930s
- Illustrations - Hats 1930s
- FASHIONS OF THE FORTIES AND HOLLYWOOD BLVD.
- Illustrations - Hats 1940s
- Illustrations - Hairstyles 1940s
- Illustrations - Dress Variations 1940s
- Fashions of the Forties and Hollywood Boulevard
- The “Frantic Forties” Party Invitation
- Newspaper Article
- THE “NEW LOOK” HAS A LONGER SKIRT (AGAIN!) 1947-1950s
- Illustrations - Dress Variations 1950s
- The “New Look” for Women (and the “New Look” for Movies and Las Vegas) in the 1950s
- Illustrations - Hair Styles 1950s
- Phenomenon of the Fifties Felt Skirt
- Illustration of the “Poodle Skirt”
- Fashion Photo 1934
- The Changing Styles of Fashion Photography
- The Origin of Fashion Shows
- Chanel’s In?uence on Clothes Designed for The Movies
- Authenticity of Period Costumes Designed for The Movies
- Chapter 19: The Psychology Of Clothes
- The Blue Velveteen Suit
- The Eccentric Dresser
- What is “Good Taste”?
- The Twenty-?ve-year-old Dress - When do “Old” clothes Become “Vintage” Clothes?
- Chapter 20: Overview, Men’s Clothes – 20th Century
- Style Clues for the Fashion Detective
- Descriptive Text 1900-1960s
- Zippers and the Prince of Wales
- The “New Look” for Men … Early 1950s
- Illustrations – Foreign Cars Invade America
- Illustrations 1900-1910
- Illustrations 1910-1920
- Illustrations 1920-1930
- Illustrations 1930-1940
- Illustrations 1940-1950
- Illustrations 1950-1960
- Chapter 21: Overview, Boys’ And Girls’ Clothes
- Long Denims and Short-Shorts
- Sears, Roebuck Catalog Prices at Turn-of-the-Century Illustrations: Boys and Girls Together
- Illustrations 1900-1910
- Illustrations 1910-1920
- Illustrations 1920-1930
- Illustrations 1930-1940
- Illustrations 1940-1950
- Illustrations 1950-1960
- Photo: Visit to the Costume Collection at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London
- Betty’s Bio
- Bibliography
- Recommended Sources
- Index
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