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This dress was considered very short, considering the time period
In their article Very Much the Taste and Various are the Makes: Reconsidering the Late-Eighteenth-Century Robe la Polonaise (2013) Kendra Van Cleave and Brooke Welborn explain that the cut of the bodice was crucial: Polonaises seen in eighteenth-century sources nearly all featured an over-gown or jacket constructed of four pieces (two backs and two fronts) cut without a waist seam On all depictions studied, the robe met center-front at the neckline
House of CB was founded from her desire to create daring cocktail dresses in beautiful colours and fabrics
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