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“Victorian rigidities were such that ladies were not even allowed to blow out candles in mixed company, as that required them to pucker their…

— Bill Bryson

“Trust me, I’ve seen more women in their corsets and shifts than you’ve seen years.” “I can well believe that.” She sniffed. “At least…

— Sabrina Jeffries

“In a moment a fussy-looking woman came down the stairs. Do you know what I mean by fussy? I mean, everything about her was…

— Ann M. Martin

“The irritation she displayed as she dealt with the heavy fabric made me smile. My lady had become accustomed to the freedom of men’s…

— Christina Boyd

“In this century, as in any other, men wore the comfortable, practical stuff, and the women wandered round expiring underneath over-decorated tea-cosies and with…

— Jodi Taylor

“(Hadley and Mary in the carriage) “Might I repeat how utterly charming you look?” “You are very kind,” she replied, down casting her eyes…

— Victoria Vane

“She went alone to the vast room where the second-hand clothes were kept. Later, she thought it the happiest hour of her life. There…

— Martine Bailey

“She remembered how, as a young man, she had insisted that women must be obedient, chaste, scented, and exquisitely apparelled. "Now I shall have…

— Virginia Woolf

“He let his lips form a half-smile. ‘You aren’t going to offer me one of your gaudy Veretian handkerchiefs?’ ‘You could use the clothing…

— C.S. Pacat

“His thumb stroked over the thin wool of her gown, making promises to what was concealed. She felt his other hand at her back,…

— Meredith Duran

“In ten minutes Peg had returned with a bundle of stuff. She washed her mistress's rat-tails at the stand, and then tucked her back…

— Martine Bailey

“She had long since lost the sense of her dresses and skirts and blouses; they were rote phrases of rayon and cotton that she…

— Michael Chabon