Calthrop, Dion Clayton, 1878-1937 · London, A. and C. Black · leaf 143
gn, thereis little in the actual form of the cos-tume to bear out the idea. Extrava-gant it was in a large way, and costlyfor one who would appear well dressed ;but the fopperies lay more in the stuffsthan in the cut of the garments worn.It was an age of draperies.This age must call up pictures… … 68 ENGLISH COSTUME This long reign of over fifty years is a transitionalperiod in the history of clothes, as in its course thedraped man developed very slowly towards thecoated man, and the loose-hung clothes verygradually began to shape themselves to the body. The transition from tunic and cloak…
Costume -- Great Britain
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