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English costume (1906)

Calthrop, Dion Clayton, 1878-1937 · London, A. and C. Black · leaf 35

An illustration from English costume, 1906, leaf 35
stlemaine in yellowsatin with a pinner on. In 1664 his wife begins to wearlight-coloured locks. In 1665 there is a new fashionfor ladies of yellow birds-eye hood.There is a fear of the hair of periwigsduring the Plague. Even in themiddle of the Plague Pepys ponderson the next fashion. In 1666 women… … 10 ENGLISH COSTUME our friend Pepys, and hear how this came about.Evelyn had given the King his pamphlet entitled Tyranniis, or theMode. The King readsthe pamphlet, and isstruck with the ideaof the Persian coat.A long pause may bemade here, in whichthe reader may floaton a mental cloud backinto the…

Costume -- Great Britain

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