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English costume (1907)

Calthrop, Dion Clayton, 1878-1937 · London, A. and C. Black · leaf 743

An illustration from English costume, 1907, leaf 743
ed, reeking mess, bywhich a lady could show her fancy for the navyby balancing a straw ship on her head, for sportby showing a coach, for gardening by a regularbed of flowers. Heads which were only dressed,perhaps, once in three weeks, and were then re-scented because it was necessary.… … a head can go well in the summer without beingopened. Then we go on to the absurd idea which cameover womankind that it was most becoming to A WOMAN OF THE TIME OF GEORGE III., (1760—1820) This shows the last of the pannier dresses, whichgave way in 1794 or 1795 to Empire dresses. Achange caiiie…

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