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It had taken them perhaps ten years of frantic battle to attain the position where
they stood , and to be known to support the extravagances of such women
became a kind of certifi , cate of chic . Many men of fashion required no more of
the ...
It had taken them perhaps ten years of frantic battle to attain the position where
they stood , and to be known to support the extravagances of such women
became a kind of certifi , cate of chic . Many men of fashion required no more of
the ...
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Dressmaking has perhaps never been so simple . A wide shawl wound round the
body under the armpits and kept in place by two narrow shouldersstraps — such
was all that was required for the construction of a fashionable evening dress .
Dressmaking has perhaps never been so simple . A wide shawl wound round the
body under the armpits and kept in place by two narrow shouldersstraps — such
was all that was required for the construction of a fashionable evening dress .
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The influence of the French uniform of horizon blue is perhaps to be seen in “ a
filmy teasgown of diaphanous blue Bengaline veiled in ninon . ” We read ,
however , of cerise chiffon velvet for evening cloaks , and velvet was undoubtedly
much ...
The influence of the French uniform of horizon blue is perhaps to be seen in “ a
filmy teasgown of diaphanous blue Bengaline veiled in ninon . ” We read ,
however , of cerise chiffon velvet for evening cloaks , and velvet was undoubtedly
much ...
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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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Términos y frases comunes
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