 The coat, padded well in every direction... is rendered small at the back by the use of stays. . . Then, as for bandy-legs, or knock-knees, they are totally unseen in long, stiff, leather boots, that extend up on the thigh, to which two inch heels may...  The whole art of dress! or, The road to elegance and fashion, at the ... - Pagina 79di Whole art - 1830Visualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | 2005 - 429 pagine
...dress were engagingly candid on this point. In a cavalry officer's uniform, one of them commented, an insignificant head is hidden under a martial plumed...helmet. The coat, padded well in every direction... is rendered small at the back by the use of stays. . . Then, as for bandy-legs, or knock-knees, they... | |
 | Christopher Breward - 1995 - 244 pagine
...provided useful camouflage for physical and moral shortcomings and an appropriate mask of nationhood: an insignificant head is hidden under a martial plumed helmet. The coat, padded well in every direction ... is rendered small at the back by use of stays . . . Then as for bandy legs, or knock knees, they... | |
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