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 37
nte, before they mounted the scaffold. In consequence of the rank and extravagantbehaviour of its frequenters, the Bal des Victimessoon became the central point in the gaiety ofParis. Thither did every one betake himself, tosee the fashions of the day, and the young girls,who whirled in the mazes… … 1797 6 FASHION IN PARIS bold-faced} gatherings appeared the first Laconian tunics, and chlamys, with their waving lines of colour, chemises of the finest cambric,gowns of gauze and lawn, and the alluring buskin,with its dainty ribbons crossed over the instep. TheseGreek and Roman freaks of fashion…
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