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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... PRACTICAL . HINTS . FURNITURE AND DRESS OLD AND NEW COLOURS 225 • 227 231 CHAPTER IV . COLOURS IN FURNITURE 234 FORM IN FURNITURE 241 MATERIALS . 246 LIGHT AND SHADE 249 Fourth Book . A GARDEN OF GIRLS . CHAPTER I. CONTENTS .
... PRACTICAL . HINTS . FURNITURE AND DRESS OLD AND NEW COLOURS 225 • 227 231 CHAPTER IV . COLOURS IN FURNITURE 234 FORM IN FURNITURE 241 MATERIALS . 246 LIGHT AND SHADE 249 Fourth Book . A GARDEN OF GIRLS . CHAPTER I. CONTENTS .
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Mary Eliza Joy Haweis. Fourth Book . A GARDEN OF GIRLS . CHAPTER I. PRETTY AND UGLY WOMEN ON SOME GIRLS THE NONENTITY THE ILL - EDUCATED GIRL THE DISCOURAGED GIRL THE SHY GIRL THE STUPID GIRL THE PLAIN GIRL 6 AN AT HOME ' . A GARDEN ...
Mary Eliza Joy Haweis. Fourth Book . A GARDEN OF GIRLS . CHAPTER I. PRETTY AND UGLY WOMEN ON SOME GIRLS THE NONENTITY THE ILL - EDUCATED GIRL THE DISCOURAGED GIRL THE SHY GIRL THE STUPID GIRL THE PLAIN GIRL 6 AN AT HOME ' . A GARDEN ...
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... girl ; hence , walking , and entering a room , taking a seat , & c . , were practised under artistes , as we have since practised the rapid steps of modern round dances . There was plenty of satire at our expense then , naturally , and ...
... girl ; hence , walking , and entering a room , taking a seat , & c . , were practised under artistes , as we have since practised the rapid steps of modern round dances . There was plenty of satire at our expense then , naturally , and ...
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... girl should make the very utmost of herself , and not lose one day of looking beautiful by dressing badly while her fresh youth lasts . We are desirous that when the first fresh- ness is past , advancing age should not grow slovenly as ...
... girl should make the very utmost of herself , and not lose one day of looking beautiful by dressing badly while her fresh youth lasts . We are desirous that when the first fresh- ness is past , advancing age should not grow slovenly as ...
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... girls before their pretty feet are irremediably spoilt , would make a new stand in the face of fashion , that bugbear of the sex , and institute a new era ! Sandals . When we saw ' Pygmalion and Galatea ' performed a few years ago , we ...
... girls before their pretty feet are irremediably spoilt , would make a new stand in the face of fashion , that bugbear of the sex , and institute a new era ! Sandals . When we saw ' Pygmalion and Galatea ' performed a few years ago , 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