. English costume. QUEEN ANNE 37 double row of flounces. Aprons are worn long,and have good pockets. Cuffs are deep, but arelowered to below the elbow. The bodice of thegown is cut high in the back and low in front,and is decked with a deep frill of lace or linen,which allows less bare neck to show than very observant gentleman ! But you haveseen the new hoop ? I ask he has seen it. As he rode intotown he noticed that the old fashionsgave way to new, that every milebrought the fontage lower and thehair more hidden, until short curlsand a little cap of linen or laceentirely
. English costume. QUEEN ANNE 37 double row of flounces. Aprons are worn long,and have good pockets. Cuffs are deep, but arelowered to below the elbow. The bodice of thegown is cut high in the back and low in front,and is decked with a deep frill of lace or linen,which allows less bare neck to show than very observant gentleman ! But you haveseen the new hoop ? I ask he has seen it. As he rode intotown he noticed that the old fashionsgave way to new, that every milebrought the fontage lower and thehair more hidden, until short curlsand a little cap of linen or laceentirely replaced the old high head-dress and the profusion of curls onthe shoulders. The hoop, he noticed,became larger and larger as heneared the town, and the train grew shorter, andthe patterns on the under-skirt grew larger withthe hoop. I leave my gentleman from the country andI stroll about the streets to regard the , I see, is a gentleman in one of the newRamillies wigs—a wig of white hair drawn back. 38 ENGLISH COSTUME
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