DIANA AND HER DOG?—Oh dear no! Merely a young lady of fashion taking the air as recently as 1896—the period when hideous embroideries, tatting and eternal crochet work were considered the epitome of feminine art, and the cult of the slender silhouette began. Bell-shaped skirts, leg-of-mutton sleeves and hats that perch ed precariously atop of a terrible coiffure were equally ugly phases of the mode.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 560, 12 January 1929, Page 18
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65DIANA AND HER DOG?—Oh dear no! Merely a young lady of fashion taking the air as recently as 1896—the period when hideous embroideries, tatting and eternal crochet work were considered the epitome of feminine art, and the cult of the slender silhouette began. Bell-shaped skirts, legof-mutton sleeves and hats that perch ed precariously atop of a terrible coiffure were equally ugly phases of the mode. Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 560, 12 January 1929, Page 18
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