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English: Richard Henry Park's 'Sappho' in A. T. Stewart's Collection

Identifier: welldressedwom00ecob (find matches)
Title: The well-dressed woman: a study in the practical application to dress of the laws of health, art, and morals
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: Ecob, Helen Gilbert
Subjects: Women's clothing Women
Publisher: New York, Fowler & Wells Co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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FASHION FOR 1893. Fashion, like vice, is insidious in development. The most outrageous styleshave had an unpretentious beginning. The slight suggestion of crinoline inthe styles of 1893 are the counterpart of the primeval hoop-skirt, worn in theCourt of Francis I. From this funnel-shaped contour came variations of themost incredible size and design.
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The Sappho is placed here to restore the power of the critical faculty, perverted by the fashions of J»;!. If the arms of a human being were of the shapeoutlined by the sleeves on the opposite page, ;i Burgical operation would benecessary. When we appreciate the graceful droop of the shoulder, the deli-cate taper of the arm, and the Bweep of the line from hip to ankle, we shall notdisfigure the body with voluminous sleeves and crinoline. To adopt theseabsurd rtyles vitiates the public taste and brings womanhood into contempt.The moral perception is insensibly dulled, for to persisl in doing henselessthings has a deteriorating influence n the character. BEAUTY OF FORM. 195 the entire economy of motion in the body is frus-trated. Walking, running, stooping, sitting, reach-ing, in a word every motion necessitated by workor exercise, originate at a different point andproceed by a different method than that whichnature intended. Not only is grace of motionsacrificed, but an undue

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  • bookyear:1893
  • bookdecade:1890
  • bookcentury:1800
  • bookauthor:Ecob__Helen_Gilbert
  • booksubject:Women_s_clothing
  • booksubject:Women
  • bookpublisher:New_York__Fowler___Wells_Co_
  • bookcontributor:The_Library_of_Congress
  • booksponsor:The_Library_of_Congress
  • bookleafnumber:250
  • bookcollection:library_of_congress
  • bookcollection:americana
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