The Art of BeautyDescriptions of dress, make-up, hair fashion, and physical beauty reflect the strict code of behavior regarding appearance in Victorian England. |
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Page 14
... appearance , and wish to make the most of themselves , spend much time in covering themselves with things that make an artist lift up hands and eyes of regret , astonishment , and pity . Those who are not vain often exclaim , ' Don't ...
... appearance , and wish to make the most of themselves , spend much time in covering themselves with things that make an artist lift up hands and eyes of regret , astonishment , and pity . Those who are not vain often exclaim , ' Don't ...
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... appearance rather favoured by the ' classic ' chevelure , which was eminently damp - looking ) , and are on their way home to be dried . Let us have no burlesque parodies of classic sim- plicity , yet let us curb our insatiable passion ...
... appearance rather favoured by the ' classic ' chevelure , which was eminently damp - looking ) , and are on their way home to be dried . Let us have no burlesque parodies of classic sim- plicity , yet let us curb our insatiable passion ...
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... appearance of extreme magnificence —a woman was scarcely a woman , but a prop to support a heap of exquisite needlework and jewellery and lace , and looked like a sort of prickly pear . But in crinoline time , nought of all this atoned ...
... appearance of extreme magnificence —a woman was scarcely a woman , but a prop to support a heap of exquisite needlework and jewellery and lace , and looked like a sort of prickly pear . But in crinoline time , nought of all this atoned ...
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... appearance - the grotesque outline of the body - and many a dire disease . We are not denying the necessity for some close fitting garment as a support to the body , and an im- provement to the figure ; people who refuse to wear any ...
... appearance - the grotesque outline of the body - and many a dire disease . We are not denying the necessity for some close fitting garment as a support to the body , and an im- provement to the figure ; people who refuse to wear any ...
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... her generation ; the bands she employed prevented a slovenly appearance , and afforded support without impairing health or the supple beauty of the body . CHAPTER V. Some Old Dresses . HERE have been many WHAT STAYS COST US . 51.
... her generation ; the bands she employed prevented a slovenly appearance , and afforded support without impairing health or the supple beauty of the body . CHAPTER V. Some Old Dresses . HERE have been many WHAT STAYS COST US . 51.
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æsthetic appearance artistic attire bashlyk beautiful becoming better blue bodice body bonnet British Museum century Cloth colour complexion conceal contradict the natural costume COUNTESS OF SUFFOLK crinoline cultivated dark decoration deformity delicate drawing by Holbein dress dull ears effect ETRUSCAN face false farthingale fashion feeling feet figure flowers folds garment girl gown grace Greek green hair Half Calf head head-dress hint Invisible Joanna JOHN LOTHROP MOTLEY kind lace ladies LADY BERKELEY less light look means mediæval melan mind modern morality mother natural lines neck never ornament paint pale patterns perhaps persons picturesque pink plaits pretty pretty woman PRIME PAGE purple Quentin Matsys seen shade Sheep shoe Sir Charles Eastlake skirt sleeve stola taste thing thought tight tint trimming ugly veil Visible vulgar waist walls Watteau wear whilst woman women worn yellow