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 302
aits of physical weakness, irritability,and nervousness. Moralists therefore charge uponthe restrictions of dress the fretfulness, ill-temper,and peevishness which darken many households.The question of ethics is concerned in the dangerto which petticoats and the stricture of dress ex-pose the… … ST. CECILIA, BY RAPHAEL. Observe the easy fall of the drapery and the points from which it radiates,and contrast the round finish of the neck with the hi^h stiff collars of moderndress. There is no appearance of a tidy fit or a trim figure in the bodiceof the St. Cecilia. Her gown is a model which…
Clothing and dress · Women
Internet Archive · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
