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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... UPHOLSTERER'S DARLING 246 87. STRONG - MINDED YOUNG LADY 88. FASHION'S SLAVE 89. SEEMLY OR SLATTERNLY ? 90. GRACE . 91. UN - GRACE . · 291 295 295 296 297 First Book Beauty and Dress CHAPTER I.- Pleasure of Beauty xiv ILLUSTRATIONS . 82.
... UPHOLSTERER'S DARLING 246 87. STRONG - MINDED YOUNG LADY 88. FASHION'S SLAVE 89. SEEMLY OR SLATTERNLY ? 90. GRACE . 91. UN - GRACE . · 291 295 295 296 297 First Book Beauty and Dress CHAPTER I.- Pleasure of Beauty xiv ILLUSTRATIONS . 82.
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... fashion of our forefathers . We want it more to express than to hide us . A clever craftswoman must cut it to the approved shape , and sew it into form ; it must be clothed upon with other and richer fabrics , which we call ' trimming ...
... fashion of our forefathers . We want it more to express than to hide us . A clever craftswoman must cut it to the approved shape , and sew it into form ; it must be clothed upon with other and richer fabrics , which we call ' trimming ...
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... fashion which is of a kind to deceive the eye as to quantity of material . It is to her interest that you should not be able to measure the exact number of yards she has used ; it would be to her customer's very considerable interest ...
... fashion which is of a kind to deceive the eye as to quantity of material . It is to her interest that you should not be able to measure the exact number of yards she has used ; it would be to her customer's very considerable interest ...
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... fashion , lest it should bear some construction contrary to our feeling . And if M. Blanc can find so much significance in a sash and an apron , what cannot he twist from a bodice , with the many ornaments to which we have hitherto ...
... fashion , lest it should bear some construction contrary to our feeling . And if M. Blanc can find so much significance in a sash and an apron , what cannot he twist from a bodice , with the many ornaments to which we have hitherto ...
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... fashion books , winding up with the corslet , ' Charmante allusion à la petite cuirasse des anciens preux , ironique imitation d'armure qui me rappelle ce mot incisif de Jean - Paul : “ Les femmes sont comme les guerriers : elles ...
... fashion books , winding up with the corslet , ' Charmante allusion à la petite cuirasse des anciens preux , ironique imitation d'armure qui me rappelle ce mot incisif de Jean - Paul : “ Les femmes sont comme les guerriers : elles ...
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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