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English costume (1906)

Calthrop, Dion Clayton, 1878-1937 · London, A. and C. Black · leaf 85

An illustration from English costume, 1906, leaf 85
te history of one such head-dress would beof more helpthan these iso-lated remarks,which have tobe dropped onlyto be taken upin another reign,but I have feltthat, after all,the arrange-ment is best as itstands, because we can follow, if we are willing, thecomplete wardrobe of one reign into the… … 50 ENGLISH COSTUME of clothing are mixed up is more disturbing than useful. The wide sleeve to the gown, once part andparcel of the gown, was at last made separatefrom it—as a cuff more than a sleeve naturallywidening—and in the next reign, among the mostfashionable, left out altogether. The upper…

Costume -- Great Britain

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