 Venus visited Paris — she died there, I believe, poor over-fed creature— and there received the cachet of the Archpriestesses of fashion. The bustle was, if not invented, at least re-discovered, and soon obtained astonishing vogue. It was at first...  Lady Chesterfield's Letters to Her Daughter - Page 38by George Augustus Sala - 1860 - 235 pagesFull view - About this book
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...fashion's good from Caffraria's sultry coast. The Hottentot's rotundity became the rage. The Venns visited Paris— she died there, I believe, poor over-fed...covered, and secured round the waist with strings. Of conrae, like everything else that we poor oppressed women choose to wear, in order to adorn our persons... | |
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