The heritage of dress; being notes on the history and evolution of clothes (1908)
Webb, Wilfred Mark, 1868- · New York, The McClure Co.; London, E. Grant Richards · leaf 115
er orders, althoughthey adopt a jacket which covers their arms andshoulders, wear so short an one that as there is nogarment beneath it leaves their breasts quite bare,(See Figure 77.) Such an arrangement would 76 THE HERITAGE OF DRESS obviously facilitate the nursing of children, and thisfact has… … Fig. 78.—a short kilt. England, the noble ladies, while they wore an ex-aggerated ruff round their necks, nevertheless hadtheir dresses cut away from just below it almost totheir waists. The short kilt now worn in Scotland represents thelower part of the belted plaid, and is in fact a petti-coat…
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