19th-Century Fashion in Detail

Brillant clear photos with lots of detail. A must for sewers wanting to recreate victorian patterns

Beautiful reference book for those who sew for antique dolls. Would be great for costume details. Shows close ups of specific tailoring techniques.

excellent pictures of 19th century dresses

A sumptuous book, with wonderful closeups of garment details and inside-out construction of Victorian clothing.Both instructive and beautiful.

Great book, beautiful photographs!

Thought it would have patterns for doll Victorian style clothing. It does have a lot of information on how the style was made.

I received this book as a Christmas present. I have been sewing for more than 40 years and love history, so this book is absolutely fascinating to me! I never realized that clothing from the past was so colorful. I love all the photos and the description of the construction details. I highly recommend this book!

This is just a re-organized version of the Victoria & Albert Museum's publication (2005, 2009) of the same name, but with smaller, and sometimes fewer illustrations and a different cover photo. Would not have bought if I had known that. It does have a longer Introduction than the V&A publication, which could be helpful if this is one of your first books on period dress.

Libro fatto benissimo con descrizioni precise e contestualizzate, disegni dei modelli e foto fantastiche che ritraggono abiti e dettagli con ottima resa dei colori. Bellissimi anche i disegni dei modelli che permettono, con abilità e le dovute competenze, di realizzare le proprie copie degli abiti! Anche le descrizioni sono molto interessanti (bisogna conoscere l’inglese), in ogni caso il libro è di una bellezza tale che può essere apprezzato dai non appassionati della materia anche solo per le immagini!

Great book and very well done.

Very detailed and beautifully written. Really makes you appreciate how much work and craftsmanship went into garment making.

Superbe livre sur la mode du 19em siècle. J'aurais aimé voir de temps en temps quelques photos des costumes entier, ils sont présentés en tant que dessin uniquement et le livre se concentre sur les détails qui sont apr contre remarquablement bien présenté. Un beau livre dans tous les cas ! Attention certaines tenues sont aussi dans d'autres livres de V& A (exemple dans le livre "haute couture, la mode en détail") ce qui fait un peu doublon si l'on a les 2.

Bought this as a present for my grandma. She already owns a lot of books on historical clothing but she was blown away by this one. The images and the amount of detail that has been captured is stunning. Very quality images and paper.