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2. Southern belle - Wikipedia

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   Southern belles were expected to marry respectable young men, and become ladies of society dedicated to the family and community. [1] The Southern belle archetype is characterized by Southern hospitality, a cultivation of beauty, and a flirtatious yet chaste demeanor. [2] For example, Sallie Ward, who was born into the planter class of Kentucky ...

3. Ball gown - Wikipedia

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   The beads add extensive weight having some dresses weigh in at about 75 lbs. [5] Another coming of age event is the quinceañera, an event in Latin American cultures when a girl turns 15. Their gowns are often very brightly colored and resemble traditional ball gowns with very full ruffled or ruched skirts. [5]

4. 1930–1945 in Western fashion - Wikipedia

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   The costumes brought back the Neo-Victorian style, as well as strong use of symbolic color. [15] It inspired the Princess Ballgown, a Victorian style dress reduced to full A line skirts with petticoats underneath for fullness. [6] It was the most popular style for teens going to prom. [6]

5. Sallie Ward - Wikipedia

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   Ward was a Southern belle and socialite. [4] She spoke French and played several instruments. [2] She became one of the first women in the United States to wear cosmetics and wore daring outfits. [2] She organized one of the first proper-style dress balls in Kentucky. [4] She paved the way for wearing several types of dresses during a given ...

6. Victorian fashion - Wikipedia

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   1837 dress. During the start of Queen Victoria's reign in 1837, the ideal shape of the Victorian woman was a long slim torso emphasised by wide hips. To achieve a low and slim waist, corsets were tightly laced and extended over the abdomen and down towards the hips. [4]

7. 1890s in Western fashion - Wikipedia

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   Standing woman in a white dress with leg o'mutton sleeves. By René Schützenberger, 1895.. Fashionable women's clothing styles shed some of the extravagances of previous decades (so that skirts were neither crinolined as in the 1850s, nor protrudingly bustled in back as in the late 1860s and mid-1880s, nor tight as in the late 1870s), but corseting continued unmitigated, or even slightly ...