fashionsfromhistory:Walking DressWorth & Boberghc.1867Walking dresses, to be in good taste, shou

fashionsfromhistory:Walking DressWorth & Boberghc.1867Walking dresses, to be in good taste, should be of quiet colors, and never conspicuous. Browns, modes, and neutral tints, with black and white, make the prettiest dresses for the street. Above all, avoid wearing several bright colors. One may be worn with perfect propriety to take off the sombre effect of a dress of brown or black, but do not let it be too glaring, and wear but little of it… Let the materials be of the costliest kind, if you will, but do not either wear the exaggerations of the fashion, or conspicuous colors. Let good taste dictate the limits where fashion may rule, and let the colors harmonize well, and be of such tints as will not attract attention. - Florence Hartley in The Ladies’ Book of Etiquette & Manual of Politeness (Project Gutenberg)Albany Institute of History & Art -- source link
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