Steele, Frances Mary, Adams, Elizabeth Livingston Steele · New York : Dodd, Mead and company · leaf 29
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 bymaking a long, wasp-likewaist, endeavour to atone forthe blunder by adding un-natural length to the lowerlimbs, making their…
Beauty, Personal · Clothing and dress
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