Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co., ltd. · leaf 176
stays worn at several periods were very ugly,and produced an unnatural-looking figure. These were, to use the extreme expression ofapproval from the lips of the fribbles of the day,in the high kick of fashion. Another expressivephrase from a jesting rhyme,— Last Sunday at St. Jamess prayersI drest… … 494 Two Centuries of Costume We learn of these gay stays through the veryprosaic record of articles stolen ; cherry color seemsto have been a favorite tint for them. An adver-tisement of stolen goods runs thus : — A black silk petticoat with a red and white calico bor-der, cherry-coloured stays…
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