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Victorian and Edwardian Fashion : A Photographic Survey
Victorian and Edwardian Fashion A Photographic Survey Author:Alison Gernsheim Noted photo-historian documents bonnets, capes, caps, shawls, bodices and crinolines as people actually wore them—from 1840 to 1914. 235 early photos show aristocrats and the middle class (as well as Oscar Wilde, Lily Langtry, G. B. Shaw, Queen Victoria, etc.). A commentary and annotations to the photos describe and identify the costumes.