Category: Literature

  • Faust

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    (Yes, men wore fancy dress as well.  Especially men who wanted to wear tights!  Click the illustration to enlarge.)

    Tight-fitting waistcoat and skirt of white satin embroidered with silver; pale-blue tights, with trunks and sleeves of blue and white striped silk; lace collar and cuffs; cloak of white and blue hat with white plumes.

    Source: Masquerades, Tableaux and Drills.  New York: The Butterick Publishing Company, 1906.