19th-Century Fashion in Detail (Victoria and Albert Museum): 1800 - 1900

Bought this as a present for my grandma. She already owns a lot of books on historical clothing but she was blown away by this one. The images and the amount of detail that has been captured is stunning. Very quality images and paper.

This highly detailed and beautiful book is a welcome treat for those who love period clothing and especially the details of how they are constructed. It was a big win for my relative is a master amateur seamstress. A very artistic book with sensational photographs.

This is just a joy of a reference book. It is set out with close up pictures of details of dresses; flounces, ruffles, trimmings, embroidery, buttons. It covers some tailoring and some jackets. Each picture is also provided with a small written description . It is not a ‘how to’ book, but just eye candy in lovely detail.

My granddaughter, who spent a lot of time at the V&A in the last 6 months, loves it. So do I.

I love all the detail in this book.

This is a beautiful book: the cover is attractive, the pages good quality and the featured garments are stunning. I have to admit being a tiny bit disappointed, however, as there wasn’t as much detail on the construction as I would have liked. The writing described and commented upon the garments rather than illuminated how they were put together. To be fair maybe this was not the intention.

Delighted with this book, it was exactly what I expected.

Fabulous book, well illustrated with lots of inspiration.