Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, Macmillan & Co., ltd. · leaf 220
oevery dark-eyed and dark-hairedwoman a bewhiskered look, whichis most unalluring. It seems tohave been adopted by old andyoung, however, at the time theempire fashions were in vogue.Sometimes the back hair wastied in a tight knot; sometimesit was braided ; and sometimes itvanished — disappeared so… … Mary Abby WillingCoale, born 1789. 528 Two Centuries of Costume the hair were heavy and long, it was certainly ruth-lessly cut; for the locks always seem meagre andstraggling. It was a trying fashion ; and for manyyears women went from one ugly mode to another;some of these were very mean, and…
Costume · United States -- Social Life and Customs · United States -- Social life and customs To 1775
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