Princess seams and extra-long sleeves visually elongate the dresss otherwise-compact form
Critics also didnt object to the display of dcolletage, but the lack of fleshiness or sensuality, with Henri Houssaye, art critic for the Revue des Deux Mondes , writing: The dcolletage of the bodice doesnt make contact with the bust, it seems to flee any contact with the flesh. Gautreaus dress, possibly one designed especially for her, is a dramatic simplification of a style for pointed-front bodices and narrow straps that had been recently fashionable, but without the tiers of lace or decorative swags of flowers one more typically finds at that time
28 Vzquez Mantecn, Mara del Carmen (2000): "La china mexicana , mejor conocida como china poblana "
What makes this so flattering is that the mid section isnt see through, although most of the swimsuit cover up is lace
Because the dress does the work, keep accessories simple