The well-dressed woman: a study in the practical application to dress of the laws of health, art, and morals (1893)
Ecob, Helen Gilbert · New York, Fowler & Wells co. · leaf 134
away and shorn of their locks; even thegrave was invaded and the dead robbed. Thedespotism of Elizabeths rule and that of her suc-cessors culminated in revolution. The Puritans THE PEDIGREE OF THE CORSET, 111 made bitter warfare on devilish fashions. Noone can read the history of those days… … v f if f \i Fig. 41.—Lady of the Court of Queen Elizabeth. of diet and of self indulgence. The new sobrietymarked itself even in his change of dress. Theloss of color and variety in costume reflected, nodoubt, a loss of color and variety in life itself ;but it was a loss compensated by solid gains.…
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