Author Description

"Noted photo-historian documents bonnets, capes, caps, shawls, bodices and crinolines as people actually wore them--from 1840 to 1914. 235 early photos show aristocrats and the middle class (as well as Oscar Wilde, Lily Langtry, G. B. Shaw, Queen Victoria, etc.). A commentary and annotations to the photos describe and identify the costumes."--Publisher's description.