Dress in France in the Eighteenth Century (1997)

Dress in France in the Eighteenth Century (1997)

Madeleine Delpierre

Published: 1997, January 1
Authors: Madeleine Delpierre
Publishers: Yale University Press
Pages: 184
Print type: BOOK

Description:

Examines European dress as it evolved in 18th-century France. The text looks at French dress first from an aesthetic point of view, describing in detail fashionable and everyday clothes. It then examines the social and economic factors affecting fashion and compares styles in major European cities.