Steele, Frances Mary, Adams, Elizabeth Livingston Steele, joint author · New York, Dodd, Mead and company · leaf 31
e charms.Similar curves in a stout woman maygive the satisfaction we take in the ro-bust bulge of an odd jug, or the squatof a quaintly shaped bottle. All this maybe pleasing or otherwise in baked clay,but is out of place in a living woman. To carry the idea farther, smooth,sheath-like garments may… … There is intrinsic elegance in the long lines ofa costume. In order to secure that elegance,the mechanics who illustrate fashion-books, hav-ing sacrificed height by<y making a long, wasp-like O^ ^-O waist, endeavour to atone for the blunder by adding un-natural length to the lowerlimbs, making…
Beauty, Personal · Clothing and dress
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