Crinoline

Fashion's Most Magnificent Disaster

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Hardcover, 224 pages

English language

Published Feb. 26, 2016 by The London Stereoscopic Company.

ISBN:
978-0-9574246-2-3
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OCLC Number:
953970882

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5 stars (1 review)

Photographic historian Dennis Pellerin and "Queen" founding band member Brian May re-team again for this fourth Stereoscopic 3-D history book. This time the subject is Crinoline, the hoop-skirt fashion fad that took the world by storm in the 19th century, when stereoscopic photography was at the height of its popularity. Utilizing not only photos but also vintage illustrations and various other mediums of artwork, Pellerin tells the fascinating history of the fashion, which was beloved by women of the era and an irritant to their husbands.

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reviewed Crinoline by Denis Pellerin

One of the best of the London Stereoscopic Company's books

5 stars

A very sprightly and entertaining look at the fashion trend which just happened to correspond to the lifespan of the fad for stereoscopic photography. Wonderful illustrations, as you would expect from the Brian May stereo card collection, and great research, as I've come to expect from Denis Pellerin.

I got this as an interlibrary loan, partly because I couldn't justify buying another LSC book with an included stereoscope as I already own three, but I enjoyed it enough to consider picking up a used copy.

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