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English costume (1906)

Calthrop, Dion Clayton, 1878-1937 · London, A. and C. Black · leaf 85

An illustration from English costume, 1906, leaf 85
notwear a hood, a peaked hat or a round, large-brimmedstraw hat. We may now arrive at the fashionable man,whose eccentricities in clothes were the object of much comment. How thehouppelande or peli9onactually was originated Ido not know, but it cameabout that men suddenlybegan to clothe them-selves… … RICHARD THE SECOND 47 cut at the edges into the forms of leaves orother designs, and were hned, as the houppelande,with fur or silk. It will be seen that such agarment to suit aU weathers and temperaturesmust be made of various materials and linedaccordingly. These materials were almost invari-ably…

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