Style from the Nile: Egyptomania in fashion from the 19th century to the present day

Contents

'Soldiers, forty centuries behind you!': Napoleon, cashmere shawls, giraffes and early nineteenth-century fashion -- 'Retour d'Egypte' fashions in the nineteenth century -- Dancing with Cleopatra: Egyptian vibes at costume balls from the 1897 Devonshire's Ball to the Roaring Twenties -- Ancient Egypt and the Belle Epoque -- 'Wonderful things!': Tutankhamun's influence on fashion during the Roaring Twenties -- What to wear 'to do the Nile': stylish tourists from the nineteenth century to the 1920s -- The story lives on: Egypt in fashion from the 1960s to present day -- 'When ancient Egypt was young': beauty secrets and the Land of the Nile -- Reinterpreting ancient Egypt in contemporary fashion.