Parsons, Frank Alvah, 1868-1930 · Garden City, New York, Doubleday, Page & company · leaf 312
Versailles were the France of Louis XV andhis court, and because of their excesses in habits and infashions the whole period is undoubtedly too severelycriticized by some. We find various critics railing atthe tawdry fashions, the unblushing immorality,the bad taste of over-dress, endless rouge,… … BY THE MIDDLE OF THE CENTURY THERE WAS CONSIDERABLE FREE-DOM IN INDIVIDUAL INTERPRETATION. ATTENTION IS DIRECTEDTO THE OCCULT BALANCE IN CUT AND ARRANGEMENT WHICH ISSTRICTLY IN ACCORD WITH THE DECORATIVE TASTE EVOLVED ATTHIS TIME.
Clothing and dress
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