Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co., ltd. · leaf 395
To English-speaking folk, the presence of priestor parson in such a calling is unspeakably ill fitting,but it was neither shocking nor even surprising toFrench folk. Madame had turned for many yearsto Monsieur IAbbe for advice and information onmatters of dress. While the hair-dresser built upher… … Spotted Lace Head. Fashion Dolls and Fashion-plates 681 gowns of her friends ; scandal about the debts ofher rivals; secrets he had bullied or wheedled frommilliners and tailors or from ladies maids. Heoften brought to her boudoir pawned jewels andsmuggled or even stolen laces for her purchase.The…
Clothing and dress
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