With opulent fashions the ultimate in style, women of the late Victorian era wore a great deal of silks and satins.
Supplemented with a selection of newly captioned illustrations from The Delineator magazine, this volume will be a valuable reference for costume designers and fashion historians, and a fascinating window on the past for nostalgia enthusiasts..
Filled with more than eighty patterns, the handy resource provided tailors with suggestions for fabric choices as well as instructions for the proper measurement, fitting, cutting, and sewing of such items as a bolero jacket, a shirtwaist with yoke, a single-breasted vest, and riding breeches.
With the dawn of the twentieth century, professional tailors turned to the comprehensive 1895 keystone Guide to create office outfits, riding pants, shirtwaists, and other garments.
Riding habits called for a long, draped skirt worn over a pair of trousers.
Women came to rely on tailored suits with full skirts and fitted jackets over simple blouses.
All these activities called for a definite change in female fashions.
Larger numbers of women were not only working outside the home, they were also playing tennis and golf, and riding bicycles and horses.
But by the end of the nineteenth century, ladies\' tastes in fashion were changing, along with female lifestyles.
So were large hats, profusely trimmed.
Daring combinations of bright colors were in.
With opulent fashions the ultimate in style, women of the late Victorian era wore a great deal of silks and satins
