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Such things, if they were to keep in place at all, needed a very considerable skill
in cutting, and the French, despite all their triumphs in dressmaking, have never
been conspicuous for their skill as tailleurs. The English tailors, who had been for
...
Such things, if they were to keep in place at all, needed a very considerable skill
in cutting, and the French, despite all their triumphs in dressmaking, have never
been conspicuous for their skill as tailleurs. The English tailors, who had been for
...
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Chapter III SENTIMENTALISM AND THE RISE OF THE BOURGEOISIE J. owards
the end of the eighteen-thirties the Romantic impulse seemed to have spent itself,
and in England, at any rate, where it had never been very strong, it was ...
Chapter III SENTIMENTALISM AND THE RISE OF THE BOURGEOISIE J. owards
the end of the eighteen-thirties the Romantic impulse seemed to have spent itself,
and in England, at any rate, where it had never been very strong, it was ...
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I can only say, let us never strive to make it bearable till we have abolished it. Let
us abjure such vulgarities as silk collars, white silk linings, and so forth, which
attempt to beautify this monstrosity as a hangman might wreathe his gallows with
...
I can only say, let us never strive to make it bearable till we have abolished it. Let
us abjure such vulgarities as silk collars, white silk linings, and so forth, which
attempt to beautify this monstrosity as a hangman might wreathe his gallows with
...
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Índice
CHAPTER FAGS 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 appearance bathing costumes became become began blouse blue bodice bonnet brassiere brim busk bust chapter clothes coat coiffure collar colours contemporary corset crepe de Chine crinoline curious day dresses decolletage decollete dinner jacket Directoire effect eighteenth century eighties 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 muslin narrow never nineteen-twenties nineties pale Paris Paul Poiret perhaps period petticoats pink plus-fours popular Revolution Romantic round sable satin 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
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| Título | Taste and Fashion: From the French Revolution to the Present Day, by James Laver |
| Autor | James Laver |
| Edición | reimpresa |
| Editor | G. G. Harrap Limited, 1945 |
| N.º de páginas | 232 páginas |
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