"Yester-year"; ten centuries of toilette from the French of A. Robida

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The painted and tatooed Gauls—The first corsets and the first false-plaits—The first sumptuary edicts— Byzantine influence—' Bliauds,' surcoats, and ' cottes hardies'—Pictorial and emblazoned gowns—The ordinances of Philip the Fair — ' Ilennins ' and 'Escoffions' — The Crusade of Brother Thomas Connecte against the ' hennin ' — The ' Lady of Beauty' ... jwr/e 24

IV.

THE RENAISSANCE.

The Fashion as to width—Hocheplis, and farthingales —La belle Ferronnière — Fans and Muffs — The gloomy fashions of the ' Reform '—Queen Catharine's ' Flying Squadron '—Laces and guipures—The stages of the farthingale—The mask and the nose-cover— Paints and cosmetics ...

V.

HENRY THE THIRD.

The court of the Woman-King—Large ruffs, pleated, goffered, or in ' horns '—Bell-women—Large sleeves —Dreadful doings of the cor.?et—Queen Margot and her iair-haired pages ... page 81

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VI.

HENRY THE FOURTH AND LOUIS THE THIRTEENTH.

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