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Bix, Cynthia Overbeck

Petticoats and Frock Coats: Revolution and Victorian-Age Fashions from the 1770s to the 1860s

64 pp. | Twenty-First Century | October, 2011 | Library ISBN 978-0-7613-5888-6 $31.93
(3) YA Dressing a Nation: The History of U.S. Fashion series. This series documents women's and men's clothing, hairstyles and accessories, designers, and inventions of the different periods. Well-researched texts provide clear explanations of the ways important historical events, people, and technology of the times influenced how clothes were designed, made, purchased, and worn. Numerous archival photos and entertaining sidebars contribute to a lively read. Reading list, timeline, websites. Bib., glos., ind. Review covers these Dressing a Nation: The History of U.S. Fashion titles: Hoopskirts, Union Blues, and Confederate Grays, The Little Black Dress and Zoot Suits, and Petticoats and Frock Coats.
Reviewer: Sethany Rancier Alongi

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