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Title: English costume
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Calthrop, Dion Clayton, 1878-1937
Subjects: Costume -- Great Britain
Publisher: London, A. and C. Black
Contributing Library: Wellesley College Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Wellesley College Library

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see the double-breastedcut-away coat. Number six is but a further tail-coat design. Number seven shows how different were thestyles at one time. Indeed, except for theMacaroni and other extreme fashions, the entirebudget of men as shown might have formed acrowd in the Park on one day about twenty yearsbefore the end of the reign. There would not bemuch powdered hair after 1795, but a few exampleswould remain. A distinct change is shown in the eighth draw-ing of the long-tailed, full coat, the broad hat, thehair powdered, but not tied. Number nine is another example of the samestyle. The tenth drawing shows the kind of hat weassociate with Napoleon, and, in fact, very Napo-leonic garments. In eleven we have a distinct change in theappearance of English dress. The gentleman isa Zebra, and is so-caUed from his striped clothes.He is, of course, in the extreme of fashion, whichdid not last for long; but it shows a tendencytowards later Georgian appearance—the top-hat, 72 ENGLISH COSTUME
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A MAN OF THE TIME OF GEORGE III.(1760—1820) The ciifts have gone, and now the sleeve is leftunbuttoned at the wrist. The coat is long and full-skirted, but not stiffened. The cravat is loosely tied,and the frilled ends stick out. These frills were, irfthe end, made on the shirt, and were called chitterlings.

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