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A noted photohistorian documents bonnets, capes, caps, shawls, bodices, and crinolines as people actually wore them from 1840-1914. More than 200 photos depict aristocrats and the middle class as well as Oscar Wilde, Lily Langtry, G. B. Shaw, Queen Victoria, and others. Commentary and annotations describe and identify the costumes.Gernsheim, Alison is the author of 'Victorian and Edwardian Fashion A Photographic Survey', published 1981 under ISBN 9780486242057 and ISBN 0486242056.
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