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Beauty of form and grace of vesture (1892)

Steele, Frances Mary, Adams, Elizabeth Livingston Steele, joint author · New York, Dodd, Mead and company · leaf 115

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o long for good proportion,shoulder puffs, if they donot add breadth, mayunite with other devicesto conceal the infelicity.But generally it is a sen-sible subtraction fromthe sum of beauty whenthe shoulder-line, meltinginto the arm, is hiddenby gathers that standabove it, especially asthey usually… … ***&afc;.4 Fig. 34- body, the lines of the upper part of the dressshould be so arranged as to conceal the high BEAUTY OF FORM. I07 hips, and to suggest that they are in a lower place. If the woman is dumpy, she will best adopt such forms as give unbroken lines from shoulder to foot. A yoke will…

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