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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... LINES 119 56. A DRESS THAT CONTRADICTS THE NATURAL LINES 57. VULGARITY plus UNHEALTHINESS 58. ANGLO - SAXON LADY 119 123 136 59. ALFGYFE , CANUTE'S QUEEN . 136 60. LADY OF RANK , FOURTEENTH CENTURY 137 61. LADY OF THE MIDDLE CLASS ...
... LINES 119 56. A DRESS THAT CONTRADICTS THE NATURAL LINES 57. VULGARITY plus UNHEALTHINESS 58. ANGLO - SAXON LADY 119 123 136 59. ALFGYFE , CANUTE'S QUEEN . 136 60. LADY OF RANK , FOURTEENTH CENTURY 137 61. LADY OF THE MIDDLE CLASS ...
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... ceases not only to be respectable , but beautiful as well . This will be considered later , among the dresses which contradict the natural lines of the body . с Observe further , that plenty of time - too much IMPORTANCE OF DRESS . 17.
... ceases not only to be respectable , but beautiful as well . This will be considered later , among the dresses which contradict the natural lines of the body . с Observe further , that plenty of time - too much IMPORTANCE OF DRESS . 17.
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... lines of the body - be that body slightly or fully ex- pressed — and perhaps complete concealment is no gain to the moral as it is a marked loss from the artistic point of view . Our author , taking the very basest view of the body ...
... lines of the body - be that body slightly or fully ex- pressed — and perhaps complete concealment is no gain to the moral as it is a marked loss from the artistic point of view . Our author , taking the very basest view of the body ...
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... needed for a mere ornament , a rosette should be used , which pretends to be nothing else . In the making of dresses , lines ending nowhere , and nohow , are often apparent , and never fail to 28 BEAUTY AND DRESS . IMBECILE ORNAMENT.
... needed for a mere ornament , a rosette should be used , which pretends to be nothing else . In the making of dresses , lines ending nowhere , and nohow , are often apparent , and never fail to 28 BEAUTY AND DRESS . IMBECILE ORNAMENT.
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... very ill - shaped wineglass upside down . The wide crinoline entirely conceals any natural grace FIG . 1 . of attitude ; the horizontal line across the neck invariably decreases height , and the absence of sleeves is a FORM . 35.
... very ill - shaped wineglass upside down . The wide crinoline entirely conceals any natural grace FIG . 1 . of attitude ; the horizontal line across the neck invariably decreases height , and the absence of sleeves is a FORM . 35.
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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