English Costume
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00 - Introduction
8:05 -
01 - William The First
9:50 -
02 - William The Second
11:09 -
03 - Henry The First
9:03 -
04 - Stephen
17:36 -
05 - Henry The Second
9:08 -
06 - Richard The First
7:52 -
07 - John
4:43 -
08 - Henry The Third
10:42 -
09 - The Country Folk
5:25 -
10 - Edward The First
12:46 -
11 - Edward The Second
11:02 -
12 - Edward The Third
21:43 -
13 - Richard The Second
21:39 -
14 - The End of the Fourteenth Century
13:12 -
15 - Henry The Fourth
8:25 -
16 - Henry The Fifth
18:43 -
17 - Henry The Sixth
27:40 -
18 - Edward The Fourth
18:23 -
19 - Edward The Fifth, Richard The Third
11:31 -
20 - Henry The Seventh
26:19 -
21 - Henry The Eighth
27:53 -
22 - Edward The Sixth
9:25 -
23 - Mary
7:41 -
24 - Elizabeth
28:27 -
25 - Shakespeare and Clothes
9:43 -
26 - James The First
17:33 -
27 - Charles The First
15:37 -
28 - The Cromwells
6:01 -
29 - Charles The Second
6:12 -
30 - Pepys and Clothes
9:08 -
31 - James The Second
5:19 -
32 - William and Mary
12:39 -
33 - Queen Anne
12:32 -
34 - George The First
9:23 -
35 - George The Second
16:40 -
36 - George The Third
6:35 -
37 - George The Fourth
13:59 -
38 - Powder and Patches
11:03 -
39 - Beau Brummell and Clothes
11:41
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Clothes give each reign a visible shape in Dion Clayton Calthrop's history of English dress. Starting with the Conquest and continuing to George IV, he follows garments through successive rulers, explaining how cuts, folds and details develop from earlier fashions. Paintings and drawings accompany descriptions of the clothes worn by men and women, helping readers connect a period with its characteristic appearance.
A passage on Richard III's reign shows how pointed hats yield to bonnets set at the back of the head. Calthrop describes the linen wings and supporting wires, then examines full skirts, high waists, tight sleeves and folded fur cuffs. His interest lies in both the construction of clothes and the changing ideas of beauty they express. Readers who want to picture historical scenes can use these observations to understand dress as part of everyday life, while artists, actors and writers will find details for representing a particular period.
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- Dion Clayton Calthrop
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- Pages
- 413
- Language
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- European History
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