The "awful contortion of the face produced by the constant use of an eye-glass." or monocle. Usually worn by slightly older gentlemen around the age that uncles ought to be. My uncle (Mon Oncle) wearing a monocle.
From: Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. IV (Dec, 1851 - May, 1852) New York: Harper and Brothers Publishers. Pg 860.
Friday, April 9, 2010
DAY SEVEN: WHEN THE POLICE OUGHT TO INTERFERE
Engravings 1, 2 and 3 of The Round Hat read as follows:
1. When it is all very well.
2. When it is objectional.
3. When the police ought to interfere.
From the mid-1850s the hat reappeared to challenge the supremacy of the bonnet. Punch cartoons poked fun at these wide-brimmed hats which proliferated like mushrooms in the English countryside and on beaches. By 1857 the style became modified into a smaller version with the dipped front brim and leather plume, worn for riding and walking. The streamers which floated behind these hats were called 'follow-me-lads'.
SOURCE: CUMMING, V. (2006). THE VISUAL HISTORY OF COSTUME ACCESSORIES. FROM HATS TO SHOES: 400 YEARS OF COSTUME ACCESSORIES. NEW YORK: QUITE SPECIFIC MEDIA GROUP. P. 101.
1. When it is all very well.
2. When it is objectional.
3. When the police ought to interfere.
Cartoon from Punch, 22 September 1855.
Note:From the mid-1850s the hat reappeared to challenge the supremacy of the bonnet. Punch cartoons poked fun at these wide-brimmed hats which proliferated like mushrooms in the English countryside and on beaches. By 1857 the style became modified into a smaller version with the dipped front brim and leather plume, worn for riding and walking. The streamers which floated behind these hats were called 'follow-me-lads'.
SOURCE: CUMMING, V. (2006). THE VISUAL HISTORY OF COSTUME ACCESSORIES. FROM HATS TO SHOES: 400 YEARS OF COSTUME ACCESSORIES. NEW YORK: QUITE SPECIFIC MEDIA GROUP. P. 101.
DAY SIX: THE EXTREMES OF FASHION
Such Things Are, engraving 1787.
Note:
Throughout the eighteenth century and beyond, the absurdities of fashion provided ample subject matter for caricatures. Young men were a favourite target and this example dissects the details of the extreme fashion.
SOURCE: CUMMING, V. (2006). THE VISUAL HISTORY OF COSTUME ACCESSORIES. FROM HATS TO SHOES: 400 YEARS OF COSTUME ACCESSORIES. NEW YORK: QUITE SPECIFIC MEDIA GROUP. P. 70.
Throughout the eighteenth century and beyond, the absurdities of fashion provided ample subject matter for caricatures. Young men were a favourite target and this example dissects the details of the extreme fashion.
SOURCE: CUMMING, V. (2006). THE VISUAL HISTORY OF COSTUME ACCESSORIES. FROM HATS TO SHOES: 400 YEARS OF COSTUME ACCESSORIES. NEW YORK: QUITE SPECIFIC MEDIA GROUP. P. 70.
Thursday, April 8, 2010
DAY FIVE: ALPHABET SOUP
This is certainly the most morbid alphabet I have come across. Although not typically related to fashion, it is related to literature. For words are made from letters of the alphabet, are they not? Key letters re-arranged, repeated and contorted. You can see the metamorphosis.
G is for... GASHLYCRUMB TINIES
DAY FOUR: THE DANDY
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