Dress in France in the eighteenth century

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Dress in France in the eighteenth century

Madeleine Delpierre ; translated by Caroline Beamish

Yale University Press, 1997

English ed

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Se vêtir au XVIIIe siècle

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [158]-163)

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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.

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