ry mild weather and the Eact that tliegreat majority of people are si ill wearing theirblouses in the street, almost everything new in theway of costumes is being made with long, fullbasques or in an evolution of the Louis XVI. orDirectoire coats. These are not strictly speaking tailor-made, being… … Illustration No. I.Carriage or Evening Cloak. Fancy waistcoats made of brocades or hand embroider-ed are worn under the Louis XVI. jackets and these aresometimes made with stand-up collar, plain sleeves andthe back nicely finished and embroidered so that the coatmay be taken off—or sometimes they…
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