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At first such dresses were comparatively loose in front also , but with that infallible
instinct for seductiveness which is one of the major springs of fashion , couturiers
soon discovered that the fullness of skirts at the back enabled them to be ...
At first such dresses were comparatively loose in front also , but with that infallible
instinct for seductiveness which is one of the major springs of fashion , couturiers
soon discovered that the fullness of skirts at the back enabled them to be ...
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Those lines are easy enough to determine , but the characteristic of the period lay
in the shape of the corset , which , while introducing a vertical line in the front of
the body , had the effect of throwing the bust forward and pushing the hips back ...
Those lines are easy enough to determine , but the characteristic of the period lay
in the shape of the corset , which , while introducing a vertical line in the front of
the body , had the effect of throwing the bust forward and pushing the hips back ...
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As a substitute the front of the dress was fastened to a kind of necklace passing
round the back of the neck . Sometimes even this was dispensed with , and the
front of the bodice kept in position by the mere tightness of its make . A woman ...
As a substitute the front of the dress was fastened to a kind of necklace passing
round the back of the neck . Sometimes even this was dispensed with , and the
front of the bodice kept in position by the mere tightness of its make . A woman ...
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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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