Parsons, Frank Alvah, 1868-1930 · Garden City, New York, Doubleday, Page & company · leaf 322
aw-coloured satin was very popular. Thesedresses were trimmed in various ways, either with lace,gauze, or fur. There were numberless varieties of trim-ming, besides brocaded or painted satin, and each had aspecial name. The most fashionable tint for satin waseither stifled sigh or the lively… … THE PROMINENCE GIVEN TO DRESSING THE HAIR AND ONE OF THEQUEER BUT FLEETING FASHIONS IN WAISTS IS WELL ILLUSTRATEDIN THIS PORTRAIT OF A DUCHESS. THIS FASHION MARKS THECULMINATION OF THE ARTIFICIAL PERIOD.
Clothing and dress
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