dark red sweater dress Cozy In Knit Mini - Burgundy, Large | Hazel and Olive other model is wearing a size XL and is 53 Hello Honey General Size ChartXS Burgundy Ribbed Knit Sweater Mini

As Oscar Wilde put it when discussing womens dress reform in the 1880s: If the divided skirt is to be of any positive value, it must give up all idea of being identical in appearance with an ordinary skirt [it must] sacrifice its foolish frills and flounces

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Blush pink, soft blue, mint, lavender, soft yellow, and powder tones all suit the occasion beautifully and photograph wonderfully in daytime light

I have found no definitions of those terms in any of the ladies magazines of the period, so one must assume they were common terms understood by the magazines readers, and needed no explanation