Calthrop, Dion Clayton, 1878-1937 · London, A. and C. Black · leaf 452
the absolute history of one such head-dress would beof more helpthan these iso-lated remarks,which have tobe dropped onlyto be taken upin another reign,but I have feltthat, after all,the arrange-ment is best as itstands, because we can follow, if we are willing, thecomplete wardrobe of one reign… … 272 ENGLISH COSTUME of clothing are mixed up is more disturbing thanuseful. The wide sleeve to the gown, once part andparcel of the gown, was at last made separatefrom it—as a cuff more than a sleeve naturallywidening—and in the next reign, among the mostfashionable, left out altogether. The upper…
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