Costume: fanciful, historical, and theatrical . pursued us for manyyears in various works of fiction and drama, and isstill regarded as vitally interesting .? But let me return to England, and repeat thatFrench fashions were treated with servility, if notwith complete success, for somehow the Englishwomen were too ponderously exact in their methodof adjustment to toy triumphantly with the manyaccessories of lace, and ribbon, and velvet, andbuckles, and ruchings which were essentially thedistinguishing features of these styles. And, also,the small feet of the French women encouragedmuch attenti
Costume: fanciful, historical, and theatrical . pursued us for manyyears in various works of fiction and drama, and isstill regarded as vitally interesting .? But let me return to England, and repeat thatFrench fashions were treated with servility, if notwith complete success, for somehow the Englishwomen were too ponderously exact in their methodof adjustment to toy triumphantly with the manyaccessories of lace, and ribbon, and velvet, andbuckles, and ruchings which were essentially thedistinguishing features of these styles. And, also,the small feet of the French women encouragedmuch attention to dainty shoes, with colouredheels and embroidered toes, and to these the nationaldeficiencies or superfluities of the English womenwere rather a drawback. However, they followedthe French fashions at a distance, and bestowedmost earnest attention upon hair-dressing, which VIII IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY assumed formidable proportions during this period,and rose higher and ever higher, to be toppedby ornaments as incongruous as hideous. The. .^^^^^
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