The Ornamented Being
Ornamented: -verb: Adorn; beautify. Be·ing: -noun: Fulfillment of possibilities; essential completeness.
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Tomorrow theme is DIY day.
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ca. 1880, The Met.
In 1883 a bustled fashion emerged that required a bustle to sit at the top of the hips, instead of the waist, and jut out perpendicular to the body creating a shelf. The new style needed a deeper, stronger bustle than the fishtail-type, and ultimately rung the latter’s death knell.
