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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... 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 PARTY . HOME TYRANNY . EN FIN . PAGE • 255 259 CHAPTER II . 266 268 269 ...
... 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 PARTY . HOME TYRANNY . EN FIN . PAGE • 255 259 CHAPTER II . 266 268 269 ...
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... pretty ones ; but they are women gifted with fine natural taste , who instinctively choose right forms , colours , and fabrics , generally without knowing why . These , however , are exceptions . If everybody who could hold a pencil ...
... pretty ones ; but they are women gifted with fine natural taste , who instinctively choose right forms , colours , and fabrics , generally without knowing why . These , however , are exceptions . If everybody who could hold a pencil ...
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... pretty name of Terebella , though belonging to the sea , would not always be out of place on shore . Form . As for shapes of dresses , a good way of testing the beauty of form is by drawing the outline of a dress , and looking at it ...
... pretty name of Terebella , though belonging to the sea , would not always be out of place on shore . Form . As for shapes of dresses , a good way of testing the beauty of form is by drawing the outline of a dress , and looking at it ...
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... pretty , and not unbecoming . White , so disastrous to rooms , is generally becoming in dress - only very coarse complexions are spoilt by it . * Short women should never wear double skirts or tunics they decrease the height so much ...
... pretty , and not unbecoming . White , so disastrous to rooms , is generally becoming in dress - only very coarse complexions are spoilt by it . * Short women should never wear double skirts or tunics they decrease the height so much ...
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... pretty 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 ...
... pretty 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 ...
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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