Introduction: Fashion and Impressionism

Components of dress

A reflection of dress

Beneath the dress

Above the dress

Glossary

Boa: A long scarf or tippet, often made of feathers or fur

Bustle: A narrow structure that hung down the centre of the back, and was often part of the structure of the skirt itself, consisting of steel hoops sewn into the lining of the dress to give a rounded silhouette shape to the back of the dress

Chemisette: Undershirt

Chignon: A large coil of real and artificial hair worn either at the nape of the neck or the back of the head

Cuirass Bodice: A close fitting bodice or corset extending below the waist, often worn with sleeves of a different fabric

Pagoda Sleeve: A form of sleeve consisting of a narrow upper arm spreading to a wide opening at the wrist

Reading list

Anne Buck, Victorian Costume and Costume Accessories, pub. Quite Specific Media Group Ltd, 01/10/1997 www.amazon.co.uk

Penelope Byrde, Nineteenth Century Fashion, pub. B.T. Batsford, 05/03/1992 www.amazon.co.uk

Michel Feher, Ramona Naddaff, Nadia Tazi, Zone 4: Fragments for a History of the Human Body, Part 2, pub. Zone Books, 01/03/1999 www.amazon.co.uk

Henry James, The Golden Bowl, pub. Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 23/10/2000 www.amazon.co.uk

Margaret F. MacDonald, Susan Grace Galassi, Aileen Ribeiro, Patricia de Montfort, Whistler, Women and Fashion, pub. Yale University Press, 01/06/2003 www.amazon.co.uk

Margaret Shennan, Berthe Morisot: The First Lady of Impressionism, pub. Sutton Publishing, 20/04/2000 www.amazon.co.uk

Marie Simon, Fashion in Art: The Second Empire and Impressionism, pub. Philip Wilson Publishers, 16/08/1995 www.amazon.co.uk

Valerie Steele, The Corset: A Cultural History, pub. Yale University Press, 01/05/2003 www.amazon.co.uk

Author's Biography

Nicola Harding graduated from the University of Edinburgh with an MA in History of Art and English Literature. She has just completed the MA in History of Dress at the Courtauld Institute of Art.