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 174
wife. This gifted woman, an accomplished musician and a trained Shake-spearian reader, donned the gymnastic suit of the school-room for the variedduties of the morning. We have seen her going thus equipped through thedewy grass to the milk-yard and garden, with no fear of wet skirts; free tocarry… … AFTER THE SYRIAN DRESS ADOPTED BY THE ENGLISH RATIONAL DRESS ASSOCIATION. The Syrian skirt is gathered at the bottom, and this fullness is caught uparound each leg and fastened to a lining of drawers. The skirt should not beso full as to be heavy or baggy. The blouse waist may be worn with or…
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