Corsets and Codpieces: a History of Outrageous Fashion, From Roman Times to the Modern Era
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Have you always wondered why we wear the blazon of apparel we exercise? Packed with outlandish outfits, this exciting history of style trends reveals the flamboyant fashions adopted (and discarded) past our ancestors.
In the days before corrective surgery, people used bum rolls and bombastic breeches to augment their figures, painted their faces with poisonous concoctions, and doused themselves with odor to cover body odour.
Take a fresh look at history'south subconscious manner disasters and notice some of the stories behind historical garments:
-How removing a medieval woman'southward headdress could reveal her equally a harlot
-Why Tudor men traded in their oversized codpieces for corsets
-How crinoline caused a spate of shoplifting amid Victorian ladies
Karen Bowman charts our sartorial history from the animal skins beginning used to encompass our modesty and show off hunting skills, correct up to the twentieth-century drive for practicality and condolement.
Corsets and Codpieces is a fascination read for history buffs and fashionistas alike.
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This is a hilarious business relationship of mode trends throughout history. It is well researched and the illustrations were wonderful, although they aren't equally like shooting fish in a barrel to see on an original kindle. My business organisation was that fashion trends similar corsets were thrust on women past men's desires, but I soon found out that even the most outrageous, uncomfortable and dangerous mode trends were established and indeed embraced by women worldwide. I as well found out that some of men's manner choices were equally bizarre and unheard of.
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This is written in a humorous way, just it's packed with information on costume history and all the outlandish things people take done to their clothes and their bodies in the name of beauty. If you lot're interested in the subject, I highly recommend, although this volume probably doesn't comprise anything a specialist in costume history wouldn't already know.
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The corporeality of information about how fashion tied to the political climate of the times was highly entertaining and informative!
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My rating for this book is entirely personal. Someone with. keen interest in the discipline of the interplay between fashion and society might observe it priceless. Amongst many quotes was a very revealing one nigh mode serving the patriarchy: 1 esteemed gentleman points out that clothing should be designed to make women appear smaller versus men and should interfere with their free movement, to prevent whatsoever notion of challenging their owners, mainly husbands. The quote was not presented favorably, past whatsoever means. But interesting that one guy, at least, said the quiet role out loud.
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Narrator speaks far too quickly and is not a adept people to voice audio books
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I learned a great deal from listening to this audiobook. It was well organized and easy to encompass.
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