1800s Advice and Etiquette for Ladies

Women cultivating individuality in dress, wear one color, not constantly, but in combination with other colors, or introduced in a general way into almost all of the costumes making up the wardrobe. Still others choose a particular material and wear it almost exclusively, and in these and many other less tangible but equally effective ways there is a striving to individualize dress.

Advice for Ladies - The Southbridge Journal, Southbridge, Massachusetts, December 25, 1885


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