British costume during XIX centuries (civil and ecclesiastical) (1910)
Ashdown, Charles H., Mrs · London and Edinburgh : T. C. & e. c. Jack · leaf 281
Fig. 222. A strange style beganto come into vogue during this period,whereby the shoulders were rendered dis-proportionately broad and the waist corre-Fig. 222.—costume, spondingly small. This is well shown inEdwardiv. (Boy. pig. 223, PL, No. 1, where an extra piece MS. 15 E iv.) ... . of material… … EDWARD IV., EDWARD V., RICHARD III. 175 style of padding was prohibited to be worn by any yeomanor person under that degree, under a penalty of six andeightpence, and twenty shillings fine for the tailor whomanufactured them. The chausses are red, and nearlyencased in long tight-fitting black boots…
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