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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... FOOT DEFORMED BY SHOE 38. EIGHTEENTH - CENTURY SHOE versus NORMAL FOOT 89 89 90 39. FIFTEENTH - CENTURY SHOE · 40 . SUGGESTIONS FOR MODERN PATTENS . 97 41 . 42. INDIAN PENDANTS : . 108 43. IRISH BROOCH . From Walker's History of the ...
... FOOT DEFORMED BY SHOE 38. EIGHTEENTH - CENTURY SHOE versus NORMAL FOOT 89 89 90 39. FIFTEENTH - CENTURY SHOE · 40 . SUGGESTIONS FOR MODERN PATTENS . 97 41 . 42. INDIAN PENDANTS : . 108 43. IRISH BROOCH . From Walker's History of the ...
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... - Artificial form of the waist . of deforming the foot - in this case , no vital organ is interfered with , whilst in deforming the waist , almost all the vital organs are affected by the pressure , and 50 BEAUTY AND DRESS .
... - Artificial form of the waist . of deforming the foot - in this case , no vital organ is interfered with , whilst in deforming the waist , almost all the vital organs are affected by the pressure , and 50 BEAUTY AND DRESS .
Page 59
... foot - gear , and survived the great period of horns , borrowed from the East and exaggerated , and of long pointed shoes , which at last dragged their slow length up to the garter . It survived the fashions of embroidering huge devices ...
... foot - gear , and survived the great period of horns , borrowed from the East and exaggerated , and of long pointed shoes , which at last dragged their slow length up to the garter . It survived the fashions of embroidering huge devices ...
Page 65
... foot , and the garments flew up to the thigh ) , square - tailed coats with high collars , ' their hair plaited on the fore- head and flowing down behind , or turned up and fixed with a comb . ' The full buffont , whose chief aim seems ...
... foot , and the garments flew up to the thigh ) , square - tailed coats with high collars , ' their hair plaited on the fore- head and flowing down behind , or turned up and fixed with a comb . ' The full buffont , whose chief aim seems ...
Page 89
... Foot deformed by shoe . one has had his turn , and been more or less at the mercy of the street Arab with his insolent inquiry . What are we to do with our feet ? FIG . 38. - Eighteenth - century shoe versus normal foot . Well , if we ...
... Foot deformed by shoe . one has had his turn , and been more or less at the mercy of the street Arab with his insolent inquiry . What are we to do with our feet ? FIG . 38. - Eighteenth - century shoe versus normal foot . Well , if we ...
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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