Taste and Fashion: From the French Revolution to the Present DayG. G. Harrap Limited, 1945 - 232 páginas |
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... longer memory they would have realized that the high neck which they considered essential to female modesty was , in fact , quite a recent invention , and that the prudish Victorians themselves had been far more décolleté , even in the ...
... longer memory they would have realized that the high neck which they considered essential to female modesty was , in fact , quite a recent invention , and that the prudish Victorians themselves had been far more décolleté , even in the ...
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... longer was it necessary to drive in the Bois de Boulogne in order to be seen and admired . The faithful cameraman followed on to the tennis court , on to the golf links , to Monte Carlo in the spring , to Deau- ville in the summer , and ...
... longer was it necessary to drive in the Bois de Boulogne in order to be seen and admired . The faithful cameraman followed on to the tennis court , on to the golf links , to Monte Carlo in the spring , to Deau- ville in the summer , and ...
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... longer than the rest of the dress . Once these had been accepted the next step was to make dresses longer at the back than they were in the front , and this ugly and preposterous fashion lasted for nearly a year . In the evening or on ...
... longer than the rest of the dress . Once these had been accepted the next step was to make dresses longer at the back than they were in the front , and this ugly and preposterous fashion lasted for nearly a year . In the evening or on ...
Índice
CHAPTER PAGE I BACK TO NATURE AND THE GREEKS | 13 |
PRUDERY AND ROMANTICISM | 26 |
SENTIMENTALISM AND THE RISE OF THE BOURGEOISIE | 38 |
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Términos y frases comunes
adopted æsthetic appearance bathing costumes became become began blouse blue bodice boléro bonnet brassière brim busk bust chapter cloche hat clothes coat coiffure collar colours contemporary corset crêpe crêpe de Chine crinoline curious day dresses décolletage dinner jacket Directoire effect eighteenth century elaborate English Esthetic extremely fact fashion journals fashion plates favourite female feminine French French Revolution frills front garments gowns hair hats hips hobble skirt influence interior decoration invented kind knee knickerbockers lace ladies lounge suit male material middle mode modern never nineteen-twenties nineties pale Paris Paul Poiret perhaps period petticoats pink plus-fours popular Revolution Romantic round sable satin Schéhérazade sealskin Second Empire seems seen short skirts shoulders shows silk skating sleeves sometimes sport style taffetas tail-coat taste tendency tennis tight tight-lacing toilette trimmed trousers twenties underneath uniform velvet vogue waist waistcoat wear whole woman women women's dress wore worn