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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... becoming when it follows the outlines of the human form . Dress bears the same relation to the body as speech does to the brain ; and therefore dress may be called the speech of the body . Speech was supposed to be meant for the ...
... becoming when it follows the outlines of the human form . Dress bears the same relation to the body as speech does to the brain ; and therefore dress may be called the speech of the body . Speech was supposed to be meant for the ...
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... becoming to the face than that which scrapes it all back out of sight . The best way to decide on a really beautiful dress is by studying the pictures of the great masters of light and shade , and copying them - Vandyck , Lely , Watteau ...
... becoming to the face than that which scrapes it all back out of sight . The best way to decide on a really beautiful dress is by studying the pictures of the great masters of light and shade , and copying them - Vandyck , Lely , Watteau ...
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... becoming - but not every blue . Dark blue , or too brilliant a blue , is ex- tremely unbecoming to that kind of complexion , and makes the skin yellow and the hair sandy . It is the old , pale , dull blue that really changes sand to ...
... becoming - but not every blue . Dark blue , or too brilliant a blue , is ex- tremely unbecoming to that kind of complexion , and makes the skin yellow and the hair sandy . It is the old , pale , dull blue that really changes sand to ...
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... becoming to all complexions , except that which goes with red hair . Light green may be safely worn by the very dark , the very rosy , and by the very pale when the skin is extremely clear ; but to ordinary English faces it is a trying ...
... becoming to all complexions , except that which goes with red hair . Light green may be safely worn by the very dark , the very rosy , and by the very pale when the skin is extremely clear ; but to ordinary English faces it is a trying ...
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... becoming if it will keep in its place . High sleeves are piquantes , and recall a pretty shrug , when they do not obliterate anatomy . There is nothing radically wrong . in a stomacher , nor in a wide shoe , within limits . This shoe ...
... becoming if it will keep in its place . High sleeves are piquantes , and recall a pretty shrug , when they do not obliterate anatomy . There is nothing radically wrong . in a stomacher , nor in a wide shoe , within limits . This shoe ...
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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