House Style: Five Centuries of Fashion at Chatsworth

by Hamish Bowles (Editor), Laura Burlington (Introduction), Duke of Devonshire (Foreword)

Chatsworth has been home to the Cavendish family and the hereditary dukes of Devonshire since the original Elizabethan house was built on the site purchased by Sir William Cavendish in 1549. A famous historic house in England, Chatsworth is renowned as much for its fashionable history—its majestic dresses and tiaras, its magnificent lace and splendid uniforms—as its unrivaled collection of art, its palatial gardens, and its celebrated family dynasty.
 
House Style takes the reader through images of show-stopping ensembles by the most celebrated designers of the day, from the Victorian era’s Jean–Philippe Worth to Alexander McQueen, and also features historic examples of ceremonial, military, court costume, fancy dress, and estate liveries, as well as clothing worn by members of the family to ride, hunt, shoot, and fish. New images of the rare surviving garments and gorgeous contemporary photographs are accompanied by new essays from leading historians and fashion critics. An exclusive invitation into the glamorous world of Chatsworth, this book is a true collectible for Anglophiles, fashion-history aficionados, and those fascinated by aristocratic style.

Genres: Fashion, Nonfiction, Reference

208 pages, Hardcover

Published April 4, 2017

About the author

Hamish Bowles is European editor at large for Vogue and editor in chief of Vogue Living. He was curator of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s 2001 Costume Institute exhibition, “Jacqueline Kennedy: The White House Years.” He lives in New York, London, and Paris.

Reviews

[Kellie · Rating 4 out of 5]

The text was mediocre but the photographs are amazing!

[Catherine Jeffrey · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book accompanied the excellent costume exhibition at Chatsworth last year which I went to see. It’s a visual treat from beginning to end.

[Jennifer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gorgeous