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 180
CONVENTIONAL MODESTY, The costume represented here embodies the principles advocated by theCommittee acting for the National Council of Women. It therefore demands an unprejudiced consideration. The skirt falls just below the kneeand is met at this point by the gaiter of the same material, or the… … THE SHOTIT WALKTNG DRESS. length, and we believe that, on the whole, it is also the more modest. Itrelieves us from those unsightly spectacles which are continually witnessed onstormy days at bad crossings, in climbing in and out of conveyances, etc. Ifthis short skirt were the fashion there would…
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