Taste and Fashion: From the French Revolution to the Present DayG. G. Harrap Limited, 1945 - 232 páginas |
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... possible to imitate lace by means of crochet it was extremely difficult to find a substitute for another great item of expense in the toilette of a lady of fashion in the period under discussion . That other item was feathers , which ...
... possible to imitate lace by means of crochet it was extremely difficult to find a substitute for another great item of expense in the toilette of a lady of fashion in the period under discussion . That other item was feathers , which ...
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... possible . She therefore tends to cut her hair short and to abandon any pretence of having a waist . These tendencies , however , took some years to make themselves felt . Indeed , in 1923 , we notice a curious tendency to make the hips ...
... possible . She therefore tends to cut her hair short and to abandon any pretence of having a waist . These tendencies , however , took some years to make themselves felt . Indeed , in 1923 , we notice a curious tendency to make the hips ...
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... possible superiority is the slight one of cut or material , or the short one of adopting a new fashion a little sooner than her neighbours . The latest creations of the great Paris couturiers are copied and duplicated almost as soon as ...
... possible superiority is the slight one of cut or material , or the short one of adopting a new fashion a little sooner than her neighbours . The latest creations of the great Paris couturiers are copied and duplicated almost as soon as ...
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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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