Allinson, A. R. (Alfred Richard), Abbott, John Colby · London, New York : John Lane · leaf 269
lows theshape and moulds the form is preferred. Bertincannot execute the orders he is overwhelmed with ;and in this realm of muslin, lawn and gauze, thiskingdom of white raiment, light as a woven cloud,moves, virgin arbitress of taste, Madame Recamier,ever clad in white. Good sense and modesty cry… … FRENCH COS! UME, 1792 Louis XVI— Revolution) COSTUME 193 A journalist can sum up a feminine wardrobe asfollows: A Parisienne must have three hundredand sixty-five coiffures, as many pairs of shoes, sixhundred gowns, and a dozen shifts. One fine daythis last article is suppressed, and the salons of…
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