Accessories to Modernity : Fashion and the Feminine in Nineteenth-Century France [1 ed.] 9780812205336, 9780812242591

Accessories to Modernity explores the ways in which feminine fashion accessories, such as cashmere shawls, parasols, fan

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English Pages 297 Year 2010

Accessories to Modernity : Fashion and the Feminine in Nineteenth-Century France [1 ed.]
9780812205336, 9780812242591

Examining fashion accessories in both novels and fashion discourses, Susan Hiner reframes the feminine accessory as a si

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