Venus visited Paris — she died there, I believe, poor over-fed creature— and there received the cachet of the Archpriestesses of fashion. The bustle was, if not invented, at least re-discovered, and soon obtained astonishing vogue. It was at first... Lady Chesterfield's Letters to Her Daughter - Page 38 by George Augustus Sala - 1860 - 235 pages Full view -
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