How To Use Bodice In A Sentence

Hazel wore a medieval-styled dress with a gold-braced bodice, gold chiffon sleeves and a gold train.
At the bottom of the trunk she found a set of white undergarments including lacy petticoats and a full corseted bodice.
The dress was modest, a medium cut top, three quarter sleeve, tight bodice and a moderate skirt.
The chiffon shirred strapless bodice curved naturally into her body, and the satin skirt spilled over the floor.
It was a dress of pink organdie, with silver thread on the bodice and a petticoat to go with it. THE GOLDEN LION

It was a cream-colored lawn with a georgette bodice worked with seed pearls.
She was clothed in an attractive silk blouse of scarlet with gold brocade that laced up her ample front like a bodice.
The neckline was square, the bodice simple, in fact, the whole dress was quite simple, but the addition of that soft, airy fabric in almost a mint hue made it look so rich.
The younger bridesmaids wore pale lilac shimmer satin dresses with cream embroidered bodices, and carried pomanders of lilac and cream flowers.
It was a real transformation dress, a duckling - into-swan gown, with a tiny little waist and a tight-fitting bodice, balanced by crinolined skirts. Passionate Relationship
Marvelous strapless, satin A-line gown, beaded/sequined re-embroidered lace appliquÃ©s, pleated bodice in back & cathedral train. How to sell a wedding dress
She is wearing a figure-hugging white bodice and tight ski pants which perfectly show off her dancer's figure and dark colouring.
Pale-blue bodices and looped-up overdresses over white. Patriotic Plays and Pageants for Young People
Somehow I had ended up on the floor, sputtering and crying, the whole bodice of my dress no longer attached to the sleeves revealing the bodice of my under garments.
The bodice laced up in the front with cream-colored ribbon, which tied off at the waist.
I'm obsessed with who's not invited; for Princess Di's wedding she didn't invite Barbara Cartland, who she's related to," he went on, referring to the grand dame and writer of bodice-ripper novels. A Royal Pronouncement
And there's always something; the pattern calls for six yards of 60" wide wool, without nap, and you have five yards of 60" wide wool, with nap; there's not enough material for one of the sleeves; the material ravels as soon as you cut into it; you burn a hole in the bodice of the wedding dress two days before the wedding ... there's always something, and it's almost always salvageable. Necessity gets a card from Invention round about May every year - A Dress A Day
She even admits to wearing dirndl, a traditional Bavarian costume with an embroidered bodice and a homely apron.
The best examples of this was his tea matte alligator bodice top (paired with a green tea double-faced wool skirt suit) and the regally beautiful Coco Mitchell in a lambskin jacket and skirt with contrast stitching detailing.
An overskirt of shimmering gauze bordered at the waist and hem with pearls matched the hems of her long sleeves and modest neckline of her bodice.
For the first day of her hearing Caroline appeared in the tall hat plumes that were her trademark; when she removed this inside, she wound white veiling around her head and over the bodice of her "'richly twilled black sarsenet dress,'" giving the intended dignified costume a bizarre effect. Framing Romantic Dress: Mary Robinson, Princess Caroline and the Sex/Text
The close fitting bodice is of silver tissue and the long transparent sleeves of tulle are bound loosely to the arm by twists of frosted silver ruching. Further Pavlova
To him, a schoolmistress was a crusty Old Maid in a liberty bodice and lisle stockings.
But the flesh-coloured chiffon was covered in delicate embroidery and the revealing bodice took refuge in an ultra feminine jacket with dainty ruffling on the collar and cuff.
The bodice appeared to be rather tight fitting, but the skirt was quite loose and flowing.
The reporter gushed that ‘her excellency wore white satin plain skirt, bodice trimmed with white mousseline de soie heavily embroidered in silver, a magnificent tiara and riviere, and necklet of diamonds and pearls.’
The bodice was corseted and tied all the way down the front with black ribbon and it was separated enough just to show a little bit of skin.
His cote hardy is tight on the bodice with a loose, gored skirt with a dagged hem. Fashion in Art: Medieval France and the Netherlands
The dress was tight at the waist and the bodice was decorated with black lace from the waistline up to the low neckline.
In England, kirtles were normally gowns with tight fitting bodices.
Women's attire consists of solid-colored or polka-dot dresses with tightly fitted bodices and flounced skirts and sleeves.
The skirt was made of a scratchy woollen mohair beneath a satin bodice.
During the summer, many of us avail ourselves of giant blockbuster books, bodice-rippers and techno-thrillers, tomes about the size of a brick with the sustenance of cotton candy.
It was mostly dark red taffeta, the gown; but the low cut, cleavage showing bodice was over laid in thin, black, netting like lace and the skirt was trimmed with a black gauze sash.
Finally came the gown, which might consist of a boned bodice and stiffened skirt to match.
Next was a deep midnight blue dress, the neckline was draped with chiffon; the bodice was silk and was cut as an empress waist, below that the skirt split to reveal a brocade fabric with gold beaded stars randomly placed.
We're sparing you a lot of bodice-ripping details that go way beyond the family-newspaper zone. Lillian McEwen, Clarence Thomas's ex, pens sexually charged memoir that adds little to Anita Hill saga
So Sibyl proceeded to begin undoing her bodice and chemise.
This long often colorful and simple - patterned dress includes a full skirt gathered waist and tightfitting bodice.
I'm only about an inch too short-waisted for "regular" bodice lengths, and the short-waisted proportioned dress is about 2 or even 3 inches shorter. Still thinking about shirtdresses .... - A Dress A Day
And, when my daughter was small, I made her a sun dress, carefully embroidering a butterfly on the bodice.
She is dressed in a tight-fitting black velvet bodice. square-cut at the neck and partly filled in with a gay handkerchief, coloured rose-pink, blue, and golden, like the alpen-rose, the gentian, and the mountain dandelion; alabaster beads, pale as edelweiss, are round her throat; her stiffened. white linen sleeves finish at the elbow; and her full well-worn skirt is of gentian blue. Plays : Second Series
The bride wore an ivory satin dress with a boned bodice, scooped neckline, full skirt, a long train, tiara of crystals and a veil with small crystals at the hem.
A woman's dress of the 18th century, having a fitted bodice and draped cutaway skirt, worn over an elaborate underskirt.
Ribbons and lace bedecked the front of the satin bodice, with nothing but a little lace around the legs and a big bow in the back for a skirt.
The bodice works in theory but is kind of saggy in practice. Una LaMarche: Project Runway Episode 11 Recap: Alba-tross
The bodice was subtly ruched and the low neckline showed off her creamy neck and shoulders.
Scriptwriter Andrew Davies even invented some bodice-ripping; he straightfacedly claims that Eliot's ghost "pestered" him to steam things up. By George, We've Got It
The bodice laced up in the front with cream-colored ribbon, which tied off at the waist.
Some of the most original pieces are by Danny Greig, 18, who has produced skirts and bodices made almost entirely from zips.
It was gorgeous; pale blue silk with an off-the-shoulder bodice and cap sleeves, the neckline was trimmed with ribbons of a darker blue.
The Vneck and closefitting bodice flatter her figure and the shortsleeved matching jacket completes the ensemble. Mirror.co.uk - Home
Her bodice was cut slightly off-the-shoulder with short puffed sleeves and a pointed waist.
Fashion historians said the dress, which had an ivory satin bodice narrowed at the waist and padded at the hips, clearly evoked Mr. McQueen who frequently drew on the Victorian tradition of corsetry. Gown Is a Boost for Fashion House
The bodice was in shantung satin and the skirt was in tulle & crinoline with lining.
She reached into the diminutive pocket located near the bodice of her wrapper, and procured a set of metallic keys hanging from a rather large gold ring.
Many bodices had V-shaped necklines and were worn with variety of chemisettes and large white collars, or pelerines, became a popular accessory.
There will be lots of beautifully beaded necklines and embroidered bodices.
Tight black bodices were laced up the front, and the necklines were very low.
From verdant wallpaper murals to heaving citrine bodices, the imported hues of conquered cultures saturate.
It was light blue with small violets and ivy embroidered on the bodice.
The term bodice ripper is used only once and buried within the longer piece. Joanne Rendell: Romancing the Academy
The bride wore an ivory dress with fitted bodice and straps covered in tiny cream and peach roses and a small trail.
With a funny little sigh that was half a laugh, he moved on to the buttons along the front of my bodice, fingers stumbling over them as if he'd rather be undoing them rather than buttoning them up.
The strapless, ivory silk gazar dress, with fitted strapless bodice and circle skirt, echoed the shape of the dress worn to the morning's ceremony. Kate sticks to winning formula with evening McQueen creation
It was almost entirely unornamented, the stiff bodice emphasizing her narrow waist.
He called her "my wife", tutoyed* her, asked for her of everyone, looked for her everywhere, and often he dragged her into the yards, where he could be seen from far between the trees, putting his arm around her waist, and walking half-bending over her, ruffling the chemisette of her bodice with his head. Madame Bovary
The corseted bodice cinched in my waist slightly so it was defined.
The bodice, which was one with the skirt, was partly hidden beneath a mantle of/poult-de-soie/edged with black lace, and fastened on the bosom by a brooch enclosing a miniature. The Brotherhood of Consolation
The bodice was in shantung satin and the skirt was in tulle & crinoline with lining.
Women's attire consists of solid-colored or polka-dot dresses with tightly fitted bodices and flounced skirts and sleeves.
She finished her meal and changed again into fresh undergarments and a deep claret-colored full dress with a low-cut bodice and tight sleeves.
An overskirt of shimmering gauze bordered at the waist and hem with pearls matched the hems of her long sleeves and modest neckline of her bodice.
The dress had an embroidered bodice that was light purple with white embroidered butterflies that were defiantly doing something eldritch.
The bodice was corseted with thick, black ribbon and the sleeves were split and bunched at the elbows with matching ribbon.
She wore a dress of silver tissue and a stomacher covering the whole centre part of her bodice, set with a number of very large diamonds, worth quite extravagant sums according to the Duchess of Northumberland.
Its skirt is a cascade of ostrich feathers, the bodice a beaded corset.
The close fitting bodice is of silver tissue and the long transparent sleeves of tulle are bound loosely to the arm by twists of frosted silver ruching. Further Pavlova
The women's costumes were long and full-skirted, of gray tulle with tight gray satin bodices, but the underskirts had warm tones of crimson, cherry, flame and wine red.
Young boys wore skirts with doublets or back-fastening bodices until they were breeched at six to eight.
Necklaces or very thick chains have become indispensable with a low dress, and are also worn with the high chemisettes and Swiss bodices.
Abillowy frock of mauve and pink tulle, with a tiny jewelled bodice, is completedby a tinted wig in the same primula shade, while glittering bracelets, caught withwisps of tulle, show up the fairylike wrists manipulating a great fan of snow-whiteplumes. Archive 2009-05-01
The top of the underarm seam is where the design should match when cutting the bodice and sleeves.
The titular ghosts of the title, Lord Byron, Lord Nelson and Queen Bodicea, are spectral bodies who aide and guide our heroes through the treacherous realm of the demonic forces.
Cream colored, with puffed sleeves, a skirt decorated with ribbons filled out with many layers of petticoats underneath and an extremely tight bodice.
The display includes waistcoats, bodices, skirts, part of an eighteenth century dress made of beautiful blue silk with posies of flowers woven into it.
He moved his hands underneath her shirt quickly pulling it over her head revealing a black silk bodice.
Short or long sleeves, lined or unlined bodice. Suits all body types.
Beneath the cloak her chest was covered with a partlet and flattened by her stays and bodice. Tempted by Your Touch
The upper part was sewn with vertical stitching to delineate the bodice.
It was very full skirted with a plain, tightly fitted bodice and a frothy white cravat. THE ROAD TO PARADISE ISLAND
Christian Dior led the New Look with longer hemlines, narrow shoulders, closely fitted bodices, and full, crinolined skirts, and then later, the narrow long skirt. A Passion for Knitting
Today, she had chosen a modest blue dress with tiny bits of lace at the bodice, sleeves, and hem.
His sixth spouse was novelist Kathleen Winsor, who wrote the bodice-ripping bestseller Forever Amber; their union lasted about two years.
His cote hardy is tight on the bodice with a loose, gored skirt with a dagged hem. Fashion in Art: Medieval France and the Netherlands
As for me I passed tiffed and entered into uneasy, with a possible shoulder loaded chip in bodice ripping abeyance. Political Animal
A set of undersleeves and a chemisette with collar would have been worn under the bodice.
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She wore a strapless white gown with a large, ballroom skirt and embroidery embellished the bodice.
She wore an ‘ensemble of green taffeta fashioned with a loose fitting bodice and bouffant skirt,’ and her husband were a matching court outfit.
A glittering tribute to Michael Jackson will have you swaying your neck to the beat of "Thriller," while the costume exhibit will lure you to long flowing gowns, sweat-stained debonair ensembles, crystal-encrusted bodices such as the one worn in Swan Lake and even M.C. Hammer's infamous harem pants. Maria Russo: Saratoga Springs: Mineral Baths, Museums And Homemade Potato Chips
It was pure white, with a fitted bodice that flared gently outwards to form the dress.
Mondo's bodice is too large for his model and he has to start over from scratch. Holly Cara Price: Rubbernecking: Project Runway, Episode 9 "Race to the Finish"
The sleeveless bodice and scooped neckline lay closely against her bustline.
She shook the twigs, burs, and dead leaves off of her skirt, and smoothed her bodice.
After some successes making the underdress and a practice version of the bodice, I went to 39th Street today to scope out fabrics for my bliaut. Snag? I see no snag.
EPA Especially the ivory satin bodice, which was narrowed at the waist and padded at the hips, evoked the late Mr. McQueen who frequently drew on the Victorian tradition of corsetry, Ms. Rohwedder writes. The Dress
They wore cornflower blue strapless fitted bodices with fishtail shaped skirts and carried hand-tied bouquets of white carnations and pale blue freesia.
The backless dress was studded with hundreds of crystals and the dressmakers actually moulded the bodice around Mary's body first so it fitted her to perfection.
The bridesmaid wore a boned bodice and full-length skirt in claret red heavy satin, and a claret and gold feather headdress.
Affixed to the bottom of the bodice, directly on the hips, was a thin, lightweight piece of material that barely reached my knees.
I followed the Lisa S. link and was mesmerized with her description of the construction details of her dress: boning to support and shape the bodice! a petersham waistband to support the weight of the skirt! Dot's right. - A Dress A Day
It was of solid light blue silk, with an embroidered panel along the front of the bodice.
The choli is a bodice which is put on the female child, who never knows what stays are. The Romance of Isabel, Lady Burton
The dress had a beautiful A line skirt and a strapless bodice that had dark pink beaded designs on it.
They were quietly but very elegantly dressed, handsome furs being thrown back, to show pretty bodices of ninon and lace. The Independence of Claire
The tightly fitting bodice was cut quite low over Comfort's small bosom.
She donned a tight blue dress with zebra-stripe detail across the bodice and paired the body-con look with basic black pumps and silver bangles on both wrists. Serena Williams At Made In Polaroid Charity Auction: Hit Or Miss? (PHOTOS, POLL)
Actually on that Thursday morning, approximately half of the tutus did arrive - bodices without any decoration, made for one dancer - and skirts for another.
It supports the bodice from the waistline up, rather than from the shoulders, as our modern bra does. Modest Active Wear
The bodice has to be made looser if you want to wear it for every day, so cut a larger size on the sides and bust line, and you have to add over 10 inches to the hemline. Home Living
It had a short tightly fitted bodice with two tiny beaded shoulder straps.
She'd spent countless hours in front of the sewing machine with Jeri, piecing together her corseted bodice and matching skirts.
The Comte rushed to help her, and as she seemed to be stifling, cut her bodice open with his dagger, baring her shoulder.
The seams of the princess bodice line up perfectly with the point of each godet. Found it! (almost) - A Dress A Day
It had a fitted bodice with small, off-the-shoulder sleeves.
The bodice was fitting, but allowed movement, and the skirt flared out so that I could run about freely.
The bodice was black with golden eyelets in which the silky lace lanced through, and it held together a golden evening gown that was low cut and flowed to her heels.
I must confess it's not just the business of the fabric/collar/bodice/hipline. Times, Sunday Times
Her high-waisted gown, low-cut and close-fitting in the bodice, was of cloth of gold, edged with miniver at skirt and cuffs and neck. The Historical Nights' Entertainment Second Series
The bridesmaids were Sharon Power, Rachel Lenihan and Fiona O'Loughlin and they wore dresses with gold brocade bodice and lemon skirt.
She was still dressed in the bodice of the gown, the remaining fabric clinging to her due to a thin mist of sweat.
Mr. ROCCA: If C-SPAN's live coverage of the Ways and Means Committee is too hot for you, then surely you're not ready for C-SPAN2's bodice-ripping "Book TV. Bluff The Listener
Men often dressed in baggy black pants and colorful, wide-brimmed hats, while women wore voluminous black dresses, colorfully embroidered bodices, and lace bonnets.
Nicole Kidman chose a Chanel pink-chiffon, spaghetti-strap gown with tiers of ruffles running down the bodice, and 200 carats of raw Bulgari diamonds wrapped around her neck.
At first glance there would seem to be few similarities between Jilly Cooper, the queen of bodice-ripping romance, Vivienne Westwood, fashion's enfant terrible, and Professor Richard Dawkins, scourge of religion. From David Attenborough to Delia Smith, the best of the grey power list
Women wear long dresses with embroidered bodices and side panels, and tall hats with long white veils.
I adore the folds of the sleeve and bodice and how she pulled her hair up to show off those darling dangling earrings.
Two ponderous policemen were conducting between them a woman dressed as if for the stage, in a short, white, satiny skirt reaching to the knees, pink stockings, and a sort of sleeveless bodice bright with relucent, armour-like scales. Whirligigs
With a collection of modularized, customizable clothing that lets you pare down and interchange ‘core’ and ‘secondary’ elements of each garment, for instance a bodice and sleeves, the options are endless: Dresses become tanks; smart suit jackets become trendy boleros. SUSTAINABLE DIY STYLE: London DePLOY WorkSHOP | Inhabitat
It is well known that power lies in a saltatorial ensemble of white lace skirts, pale blue hose, lustrous naked arms, undulating bodice, magnetic eyes, flying hair, and an unchanging smile, to focus the perceptions of a man, to absorb his consciousness, aided by a tune which seems to close out from him all the rest of the world. Tales from Bohemia
So sleepily had Chloe's thoughts turned that it was only when Agatha was tying the last strings of her bodice when she remembered that she was to go on a quest with Sir Alaric that day.
We could have made a cop of you, Charley, if we'd got a hold of you afore you started ripping bodices. CASCADES - THE DAY OF THE DEAD
Cap sleeves with off-white lace foamed off of a gold bodice with a white insert.
Her dress was white, the bodice and waist tight, the skirt flaring and settling loosely around her.
Women often sit on their front porches knitting for their families, or cross-stitching or embroidering the bodices for their traditional dresses.
But the dirty little secret is that this is a bodice-ripping page-turners of a TV series, filled with intrigue and romance and danger and betrayal and all the sort of thing one finds in a soap. Michael Giltz: DVDs: Johnny Carson Outshines His Boxed Set
The dress Astrid had chosen was simple yet elegant: a royal blue empire wasted bodice, a lighter blue flower patterned skirt with an overskirt of the same royal blue.
At the bottom of the trunk she found a set of white undergarments including lacy petticoats and a full corseted bodice.
The pattern includes 6 collar styles that can be used on the chemisettes, many of which can be also made as separate collars to be tacked directly to the bodices.
The dark grey underskirt was off-kilter, needing to be straightened to hang within the open panel of the black overskirt, the chemise tucked farther into the bodice.
The bodice was a shade or two lighter and edged with delicate pearls, exactly matching the larger pearl that nested in her bare navel. TREASON KEEP
They wore fuchsia pink bodice top and skirt and carried matching bouquets of pink and white carnations.
The bodice hugged my form and the skirt flared to give me enough room to run.
At first I wasn't sure where he was going with the idea, particularly when he brought up the idea of being ravished, which is so 1980's bodice rippers, but then he mentioned a man wanting to be ravished and having his partner in control and I remembered the scene in Hope Tarr's new Blaze release Bound to Please, where the heroine has her way with the hero. Archive 2008-09-01
It was a white color with long sleeves, a full skirt with lace and frills galore, and a low but modest bodice edged with pearls.
At the bottom of the trunk she found a set of white undergarments including lacy petticoats and a full corseted bodice.
My fingers sought the gimmal ring pinned to the inside of my bodice. Secrets of the Tudor Court
The first group to enter is the pale-violet group, ladies-in-waiting, who wear pale-violet bodices and overdresses over white. Patriotic Plays and Pageants for Young People
He thought of the costume of the women of the time, robes of precious tentered stuffs, with tight sleeves, great collars thrown back over the shoulders, cramping bodices, long trains lined with fur. Là-bas
She ordered her dream bodice and corset outfit in March, and was expecting it to arrive from Australia at the end of July.
His arms were around her, unraveling the strings that held together her bodice.
This bundle contained a little woollen gown, an apron, a fustian bodice, a kerchief, a petticoat, woollen stockings, shoes--a complete outfit for a girl of seven years. All was black.
Her dress was simple, with a fitted bodice and short jacket with bell sleeves.
Sinéad was given away by her father Tommy and looked radiant in a white silk skirt and bodice with diamanté detail and full length veil.
The bride wore an ivory gown with a fitted diamanté detailed bodice, a full skirt and train, waist-length veil and diamante tiara.
Lindsey and Victoria wore cranberry strapless bodices with matching A-line skirts and stoles with crystal detail.
Allison was dressed in a completely red bodice with dramatic keyhole front, draped waist, and cascading front tulip hemline.
She is now in rehearsal for a revival of David Hirson's 1991 play La Bête, in which she plays a princess in 17th-century France, fully bodiced and bewigged. Joanna Lumley in La Bête
The bodice was plain, starched white, while the skirt itself a deep emerald.
At the bottom of the trunk she found a set of white undergarments including lacy petticoats and a full corseted bodice.
Most of my dresses have been in ivory, though I am also working on gold designs and the most popular design is a boned bodice.
She was dressed in a red gown, with a tight bodice that accented her womanly features.
Counterbalancing this is the quasi-Egyptian inscrutability of her eyes; the mask-like ivory oval of her face; the light blue halo effect around her head; the shield-like rigidity of her bodice; and the chain-mail of her pearl and gold partlet. Bronzino's Medici portraits – review
The bride looked radiant in an ivory gown of duchess satin, consisting of a bodice top with an overlay of embroidered lace and buttoning detail on the back.
On such occasions, women will wear lacy white peasant blouses, black embroidered bodices, and white aprons.
Modesty panels of chiffon, where none might have existed before were seen on bodice fronts.
It was made of the whitest silky material, with panels of lace on the bodice and right round the full skirt.
The shoulder wrap neckline point in the photo looks like individualized rhinestoned sequined or pearlized leafings that can be layered on organza attached as to the bodice and the front curve.. so elegant. Ava and Lana BFF - A Dress A Day
The bridie was bloody marvelous, Brianna decided, even if it did keep dropping crumbs down the top of her bodice. Drums of Autumn
His hands wandered up and down her back, until one went slowly around to her front, and began slowly unlacing her bodice.
Here are some photos of my muslined bodice.
So I decided against fussiness, and went for an almost folkish skirt to mid calf, strappy heeled sandals and a lacy bodice-style top.
Would the circle mind if I embroidered some rosebuds on their bodices after the other ladies had made them up?
I pulled away the belt that was crossed across the bodice of my shift dress, and tugged the shift over my head.
Court ladies in pale-yellow bodices and looped overdresses over white. Patriotic Plays and Pageants for Young People
She wore a mauve gown of rich velvet, with gold tulips sewn intricately on the bodice.
A "proportioned" dress is one where they make allowances for short- and long-waisted people, and include three different bodice pieces to make fitting easier. Still thinking about shirtdresses .... - A Dress A Day
On this page look out for the dropped waist bodice, above knee skirt lengths that begin to hesitate and gain illusory length with the addition of flutes and frills.
Tight black bodices were laced up the front, and the necklines were very low.
They wore ivory duchess satin dresses with embroidered bodices and crystal tiaras.
I pulled the skirt of my dress back down, readjusted the bodice so that it wasn't so twisted.
Accent bustline with a deep neckline or off-the-shoulder bodice.
Miller began hooking small buttons into buttonholes down at the top of the skirt and continued up the bodice, pulling the fabric tightly to smooth out all the wrinkles.
The bodice was subtly ruched and the low neckline showed off her creamy neck and shoulders.
The bodice was subtly ruched and the low neckline showed off her creamy neck and shoulders.
The women (no longer bare-legged, no longer coiffées with red and yellow handkerchiefs) wear a kind of Bernese dress consisting of a black petticoat, a black cloth bodice like a tightly fitting waistcoat, white linen undersleeves reaching to the elbow, a large blue apron, and a round felt hat, like a man's. Untrodden Peaks and Unfrequented Valleys
A womans costume with a tight bodice and an overskirt drawn back to a colorful underskirt .
She favors nice but functional clothing in browns and creams - usually long skirts, peasant blouses and a bodice with a belt that holds several pouches.
I never could stand these unbelievably low-cut, breath-stopping bodices.

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