Fashion in Paris; the various phases of feminine taste and aesthetics from 1797 to 1897 (1898)
Uzanne, Octave, 1852-1931, Loyd, Mary Sophia Hely-Hutchinson, 1853-1936, Courboin, François, 1865-1926 · London, W. Heinemann · leaf 172
ionedleg. Fascinated, allured, bewildered, dazed by her seductions, I followher into the carriage. We drive to the Montagnes Beaujon, to theChamps Elysees, to the Tuileries, to the Combat des Montagnes, to 8o FASHION IN PARIS Tortonis, to the Boulevard de Gand—I should be lost in the whirl-wind but… … 1822 spectator. Early in August 1815, the Boulevard deGand had become the favourite resort of theopulent classes. They were there, not merely incrowds, but in perfect mobs. Many an appoint-ment to meet failed by reason of the press. Thisportion of the Boulevard—an allee as it was thencalled—offered…
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