Fales, Jane. [from old catalog] · New York, Chicago [etc.] C. Scribner's sons · leaf 40
infulness of the skirts was held out from the waist by thewidth of the hoop and then fell in straight lines to thefloor. Many court dresses were made with long trains.The waist was made even smaller in size and the waist lineof the bodice more pointed in front. Many of the bodiceswere widely open… … Silhouette of the late Renaissance Costume 23 width to the shoulders; they were long and cut to fitclosely at the wrists. On the whole, the women looked like wasps, with theirtiny, extremely pointed waist lines, their barrel-shapedskirts, and their stuffed-out shoulders all topped with thespreading…
Dressmaking · Costume · Textile industry and fabrics
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