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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... that we generally invest with ideal beauty any face or thing we are fond of . The beauty of the skies and seas soothes and uplifts our hearts ; the beauty of faces passes into our souls , and shapes our moods and acts . 4 BEAUTY AND DRESS .
... that we generally invest with ideal beauty any face or thing we are fond of . The beauty of the skies and seas soothes and uplifts our hearts ; the beauty of faces passes into our souls , and shapes our moods and acts . 4 BEAUTY AND DRESS .
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Mary Eliza Joy Haweis. our souls , and shapes our moods and acts . What we love is probably always worth cultivating ; and when we love what after all has an enormous refining influence , its cultivation may even become a duty . The ...
Mary Eliza Joy Haweis. our souls , and shapes our moods and acts . What we love is probably always worth cultivating ; and when we love what after all has an enormous refining influence , its cultivation may even become a duty . The ...
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... shape , and sew it into form ; it must be clothed upon with other and richer fabrics , which we call ' trimming , ' until its original price is doubled . Every form is eagerly borrowed for these trimmings . Patterns old and new are ...
... shape , and sew it into form ; it must be clothed upon with other and richer fabrics , which we call ' trimming , ' until its original price is doubled . Every form is eagerly borrowed for these trimmings . Patterns old and new are ...
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... shapes of dresses , a good way of testing the beauty of form is by drawing the outline of a dress , and looking at it from all points of view , and with half - closed eyes . This test , applied to that form of gown which was so long in ...
... shapes of dresses , a good way of testing the beauty of form is by drawing the outline of a dress , and looking at it from all points of view , and with half - closed eyes . This test , applied to that form of gown which was so long in ...
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... shape was too dear to sacrifice hence- forth ; at length corruption came in the form of an un- naturally tight girdle around the waist , with a skirt ab- surdly long all round , as seen in Van Eyck's pictures : and then it gave way to ...
... shape was too dear to sacrifice hence- forth ; at length corruption came in the form of an un- naturally tight girdle around the waist , with a skirt ab- surdly long all round , as seen in Van Eyck's pictures : and then it gave way to ...
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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