Fashion and Eroticism: Ideals of Feminine Beauty from the Victorian Era to the Jazz Age

Oxford University Press USA (1985)
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Looks at the evolution of fashion, argues that Victorian clothing for women was erotic rather than prudish, and discusses the psychological aspects of fashion.

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