Ive started wearing them more and more in the past years and rely on them particularly for certain work days
Cassells Household Guide , which billed itself as an encyclopedia of domestic and social economy, summed up the problem like this, circa 1880: As a general rule, ladies do not like to see their maids dressed in the clothes they themselves have wornthe difference in the social scale of mistress and maid renders this unpleasing. But Cassells made one exception: a black or a dark-colored silk. Previously, a simple black dress meant a wealthy woman was dressing down. But by the 19th century, the black dress had become a staple of the lower and middle classes
If you're shorter than 5'9, do not wear cuffs (unless you want your legs to look stumpy, in which case go right ahead)
A gown should let you breathe, move, dance, and own the room
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