Steele, Frances Mary, Adams, Elizabeth Livingston Steele · New York : Dodd, Mead and company · leaf 215
, ought not to be for-given when she intrudes her ungraceful propor-tions in a plain skirt with all the gathers behind.Beauty is its own excuse for being. Deformityshould retreat to shadows. There is a decorous reserve which shuns noto-riety and exposure, which neither displays indi- 208 BEAUTY OF… … rS. wholesome, which gives vitality to all art. Wemay show as much sensitiveness to grace of line,purity of thought, and charm of colour as we arecapable of expressing. The belt of the Empire Dress was narrow, not BEAUTY OF FORM. 209 wider than an inch and a half. If a girdle becomesa sash, of very…
Beauty, Personal · Clothing and dress
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