Victorian and Edwardian Fashion

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, more. A commentary and annotations to the photos describe and identify the costumes.