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Page 36
... sleeves , exquisitely worked in gold thread and jewels . One pair of sleeves bore this distich : Hay ! Hay ! The whythe swan , By God's soul I am the man . The sleeves contained so much more material than the abbrevi- ated tunic that ...
... sleeves , exquisitely worked in gold thread and jewels . One pair of sleeves bore this distich : Hay ! Hay ! The whythe swan , By God's soul I am the man . The sleeves contained so much more material than the abbrevi- ated tunic that ...
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... sleeves nor many other things needed for a childe of nearly three yeares olde . ' Rails were nightgowns . Sleeves , which were fastened on separately by means of points , were regarded as separate garments and often used interchange ...
... sleeves nor many other things needed for a childe of nearly three yeares olde . ' Rails were nightgowns . Sleeves , which were fastened on separately by means of points , were regarded as separate garments and often used interchange ...
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... sleeves of their hour - glass dresses ; and these sleeves took up so much material that it was usual to cut the bodice out of the scraps left over from the cutting out of the sleeves - a custom which was repeated in the eighteen ...
... sleeves of their hour - glass dresses ; and these sleeves took up so much material that it was usual to cut the bodice out of the scraps left over from the cutting out of the sleeves - a custom which was repeated in the eighteen ...
Contents
Chapter Page I DECENCY AND INDECENCY IN DRESS | 13 |
MALE COQUETRY | 32 |
THE DRESS AND THE JOB | 58 |
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