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PREFACE Some excuse may seem to be necessary for adding to the already
considerable body of literature devoted to the history of costume . The
bibliography of the subject is enormous , and some at least of the works included
in it should ...
PREFACE Some excuse may seem to be necessary for adding to the already
considerable body of literature devoted to the history of costume . The
bibliography of the subject is enormous , and some at least of the works included
in it should ...
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He saw only extreme simplicity where we can still perceive a considerable
complication of cut . Even if dresses were not as voluminous as they had been
ten years before they were still ample enough , and the abandonment of the wire
- cage ...
He saw only extreme simplicity where we can still perceive a considerable
complication of cut . Even if dresses were not as voluminous as they had been
ten years before they were still ample enough , and the abandonment of the wire
- cage ...
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Black satin sometimes appeared for evening wear , and there was considerable
use of printed chiffon . Towards the end of 1925 the demand for printed materials
assumed the proportions of a craze . There were afternoon dresses of printed ...
Black satin sometimes appeared for evening wear , and there was considerable
use of printed chiffon . Towards the end of 1925 the demand for printed materials
assumed the proportions of a craze . There were afternoon dresses of printed ...
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CHAPTER PAGE I BACK NATURE AND THE GREEKS | 13 |
PRUDERY AND ROMANTICISM | 26 |
SENTIMENTALISM AND THE RISE OF THE BOURGEOISIE | 38 |
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