The broader Regency period 1795 to 1820; stands alone as an incredible moment in fashion history; unlike anything that went before it. For the first time England became a fashion influence; especially for menswear; and became the toast of Paris; as court dress became secondary to the season-by-season flux of fashion as we know it today. Sarah Jane Downing explores the fashion revolution and the innovation that inspired a flood of fashions taking influence from far afield. It was an era of contradiction immortalised by Jane Austen; who adeptly used the new-found diversity of fashion to enliven her characters: Wickhams military splendour; Mr Darcys understated elegance; and Miss Tilneys romantic fixation with white muslin.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Painting North AfricaBy A. SumnerAn impressive overview of French Orientalist painting and the conditions which produced it; combining a high degree of scholarship with excellent readability. The text introduced me to artists of whom I was completely unaware; and to unknown Orientalist works by well-known artists. I found the sections on Art Nouveau and 20th Century artists particularly interesting; and the coverage of the two selected North African artists working within the Western tradition even more so. Congratulations to Mr Benjamin on such an incisive; scholarly and useful work.
