. Another fashion epoch for 1909 . that bears hername. How vo-luptuously yousi i p t & cutamidst the sil-very satin!Saucily tuckt-up skirts, rav-ishing lique-faction ofclothes; rog-uish prisons oftight-laced bod-ices. Oh! be-ribboned scis-sors of Wat-teau, what adainty realm ofcoquetry youcut out of theMaintenons realm of prudery. Think of this as you seethe Callot costume with the real Watteau pleat in theback, only one of several presented by this famous house,to show the same idea. Think of Watteaus little mother-of-pearl canvasesthat shimmer like the inside of a shell, & of his fadedblues,
. Another fashion epoch for 1909 . that bears hername. How vo-luptuously yousi i p t & cutamidst the sil-very satin!Saucily tuckt-up skirts, rav-ishing lique-faction ofclothes; rog-uish prisons oftight-laced bod-ices. Oh! be-ribboned scis-sors of Wat-teau, what adainty realm ofcoquetry youcut out of theMaintenons realm of prudery. Think of this as you seethe Callot costume with the real Watteau pleat in theback, only one of several presented by this famous house,to show the same idea. Think of Watteaus little mother-of-pearl canvasesthat shimmer like the inside of a shell, & of his fadedblues, his pinks which are as rosy as a childs cheek, hisdrabs & grays, his honeyed yellows like a Flemish maid-ens locks—when you see the colors of the Louis XVgowns, of the period in which he painted. Think again of Nattier, the Court Painter, to whomevery one fiockt because he always made them beautiful La Marquise des Lignerii—Xa/ficr
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