Dressing up : the women who influenced French fashion

• Main Author: Block, Elizabeth L. (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2021]
• Subjects: dámské oděvy > dějiny > 19. století > Francie; móda > dějiny > 19. století > Francie; móda > dějiny > 19. století > Spojené státy americké; bohatí > dějiny > 19. století > Spojené státy americké; Američanky > dějiny > 19. století; women’s clothing > history > 19th century > France; fashion > history > 19th century > France; fashion > history > 19th century > United States; rich people > history > 19th century > United States; American women > history > 19th century; elektronické knihy; monografie; electronic books; monographs

How wealthy American women--as consumers and as influencers--helped shape French couture of the late nineteenth century; lavishly illustrated.French fashion of the late nineteenth century is known for its allure, its ineffable chic--think of John Singer Sargent's Madame X and her scandalously s...