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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... and appropriateness consists chiefly in graceful expression and useful purpose . In modern days -- so far removed from those when dress was regarded as a mere covering , and aspired to CHAPTER I PAGE CHAPTER II IMPORTANCE OF DRESS.
... and appropriateness consists chiefly in graceful expression and useful purpose . In modern days -- so far removed from those when dress was regarded as a mere covering , and aspired to CHAPTER I PAGE CHAPTER II IMPORTANCE OF DRESS.
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... graceful and becoming ways of arranging it , partly over the head and draped about the figure . The numberless folds ... gracefully the dress followed the movements of the body , may be perceived better from the small coloured clay ...
... graceful and becoming ways of arranging it , partly over the head and draped about the figure . The numberless folds ... gracefully the dress followed the movements of the body , may be perceived better from the small coloured clay ...
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... ) ' locked them up in a box , ' was not far wrong . And all to what end ? The end of looking like a wasp , and losing the whole charm of graceful E human movement and easy carriage — the end of com-. WHAT STAYS COST US . 49.
... ) ' locked them up in a box , ' was not far wrong . And all to what end ? The end of looking like a wasp , and losing the whole charm of graceful E human movement and easy carriage — the end of com-. WHAT STAYS COST US . 49.
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... graceful attire . After Eve's attire , in- variably follows , in all nations , the long flowing robes , which attained perfection in what we call the Roman or Greek dress , by which we mean not this or that fashion of arranging certain ...
... graceful attire . After Eve's attire , in- variably follows , in all nations , the long flowing robes , which attained perfection in what we call the Roman or Greek dress , by which we mean not this or that fashion of arranging certain ...
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Mary Eliza Joy Haweis. principle of gown and mantle , comfortable , graceful in itself , and suitable to any figure . The Anglo - Saxons wore loose and graceful dresses , but the toga or pallium was discarded for a sleeved gown or mantle ...
Mary Eliza Joy Haweis. principle of gown and mantle , comfortable , graceful in itself , and suitable to any figure . The Anglo - Saxons wore loose and graceful dresses , but the toga or pallium was discarded for a sleeved gown or mantle ...
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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