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Those lines are easy enough to determine , but the characters istic 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 ...
Those lines are easy enough to determine , but the characters istic 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 ...
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A close , straight effect was still aimed at , but ' draperies ' were coming in ,
especially in the evening , either in the form of an overdraping of some filmy
fabric over the main dress , by a tunic , or by the catching up of some portion of
the skirt ...
A close , straight effect was still aimed at , but ' draperies ' were coming in ,
especially in the evening , either in the form of an overdraping of some filmy
fabric over the main dress , by a tunic , or by the catching up of some portion of
the skirt ...
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The effect is extremely seductive . In the early eighteenstwenties décolletage was
not so low , but by the end of the decade the sinking of sleeves off the shoulders
made it possible to expose the top of the arms . Décolletage became almost ...
The effect is extremely seductive . In the early eighteenstwenties décolletage was
not so low , but by the end of the decade the sinking of sleeves off the shoulders
made it possible to expose the top of the arms . Décolletage became almost ...
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CHAPTER PAGE I Back to NATURE AND THE GREEKS | 13 |
PRUDERY AND ROMANTICISM | 28 |
SENTIMENTALISM AND THE RISE OF THE BOURGEOISIE | 45 |
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Taste and Fashion - From the French Revolution to the Present Day James Laver Vista previa restringida - 2013 |
Taste and Fashion: From the French Revolution to the Present Day James Laver Vista de fragmentos - 1945 |
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Términos y frases comunes
adopted already appearance bathing became become began beginning blouse blue bonnet called century chapter clothes coat collar colours completely considered consisted corset costume course curious décolletage decoration designers dinner dress early effect eighteenth century elaborate England English entirely essential extremely fact fashion female feminine figure flowers French front garments growing hair hats head hips important influence interesting introduced kind lace ladies least less longer look material middle mode narrow natural necessary neck never nineties once ordinary Paris perhaps period played popular position possible present reaching remained round satin seems seen short shoulders shows side silk similar skirts sleeves social sometimes stockings sufficient taste tennis thing tion trimmed twenties uniform usual vogue waist wear whole wide woman women wore worn young