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The costume of our progenitors was chiefly remarkable for its extreme simplicity; and, as far as we can gather, no difference in design was made between the sexes. A few leaves entwined by the stalks, the feathers of birds, the bark of trees, or roughly-dressed skins of animals were probably regarded by beaux and belles of the Adamite period as beautiful and appropriate adornments for the body, and were followed by garments made from plaited grass, which was doubtless the origin of weaving, a process which is nothing more than the mechanical plaiting of hair, wool, flax, &c. In many remote districts these primitive fashions. | Evolution of Fashion by Florence Mary Gardiner 1 Evolution of Fashion by Florence Mary Gardiner Project Gutenberg s The Evolution of Fashion by Florence Mary Gardiner This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title The Evolution of Fashion Author Florence Mary Gardiner Release Date January 4 2011 EBook 34845 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE EVOLUTION OF FASHION Evolution of Fashion by Florence Mary Gardiner 2 Produced by Meredith Bach and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http The Evolution of Fashion BY FLORENCE MARY GARDINER Author of Furnishings and Fittings for Every Home About Gipsies c. c. Illustration SIR ROBERT BRUCE COTTON. London THE COTTON PRESS GRANVILLE HOUSE ARUNDEL STREET . TO FRANCES EVELYN COUNTESS OF WARWICK WHOSE ENTHUSIASTIC AND KINDLY INTEREST IN ALL MOVEMENTS CALCULATED TO BENEFIT WOMEN IS UNSURPASSED THIS VOLUME BY SPECIAL PERMISSION IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR. IN THE YEAR OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN VICTORIA S DIAMOND JUBILEE 1897. Illustration Millicent Duchess of Sutherland. Princess Henry of Pless. The Countess of Warwick. Lady Marjorie Greville. Lady Eva Dugdale. THE WARWICK BALL. PREFACE. In compiling this volume on Costume portions of which originally appeared in the Ludgate Illustrated Magazine under the editorship of Mr. A. J. Bowden I desire to acknowledge the valuable assistance I have received from sources not usually available to the public also my indebtedness to the following authors from whose works I have quoted --Mr. Beck Mr. R. Davey Mr. E. Rimmel Mr. Knight and the late Mr. J. R. Planché. I also take this opportunity of thanking Messrs. Liberty and Co. Messrs. Jay Messrs. E. R. Garrould Messrs. Walery Mr. Box and others who have .

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