The corset and the crinoline : a book of modes and costumes from remote periods to the present time (1868)
Lord, William Barry · London : Ward, Lock, and Tyler · leaf 60
th France andGermany a great many strange freaks of fashion appear to have beenpractised about this time. The tight, harlequin-like dress was adoptedby the gentlemen, whilst the long trains again stirred the ire of royalty.We find Albert of Saxony issuing the following laws:— No wives ordaughters… … Lady of the Court of Queen Catherine de Medici.
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