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 181
r. R. Sim-kin has given us, which is that the flash is the survivalof a bunch of ribbons that were sewn on the back ofthe coat-collar to protect it from the pomatum andpowder of the clubbed or queued hair. The 134 THE HERITAGE OF DRESS privilege of wearing- the flash has recently been ex-tended to… … FlG. 109.—The flash of five black ribbons on the collar of theWelsh Fusiliers. A survival from the days of the pig-tail. nically as the wig-bag. It is also, as we have hadoccasion to mention, to be seen on the back of thecollar of the liveries of some servants whose dress isin the old style, and…
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