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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