Dropping the hemline
Feb 24, 2021
1 minute
Giles Kime
THE story that the Victorians draped chair legs to protect their modesty is thought to have its roots in an anti-American quip in Capt Marryat’s , which he wrote in the 1830s. The anecdote reflected his
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