| 单词 | low-necked |
| 例句 | There's the aging hand clutching the beaded red satin bag, the sun-damaged skin next to the elegant, low-necked gown. 'Dress Envy' is about what women wear, and what it means 2010-03-25T21:50:00Z Turner, 23, wore a white low-necked jumpsuit with a traditional bridal veil. Which Jonas Brother wedding style do you relate to? | Produced by Advertising Publications 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z One of the stars of the exhibit is Valentino’s cardinal-red taffeta dress that’s priestly in silhouette, but with a low-necked, rustling sensuousness that makes it appear as though it could just slip off the body. ‘A Dress Is Like a Passaporto, No?’ Welcome to Pierpaolo Piccioli’s Valentino 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z High-waisted, low-necked sheaths of thin, white muslin evoked the fluid, draped garb of ancient Greece and Rome. Grecian Formulas: Modern Goddess Style for Spring 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z Instead, he pulled on, over a low-necked shirt, a Balmain blazer covered with black rhinestones. The Instagram King of French Fashion 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z Some pointed to the low-necked skinsuits with more open necks, like swimming gear, and to a new front-fork design, revealed on the eve of the Games, too late for others to copy. Cyclists make it a golden Games 2012-08-07T20:28:05Z Minna wore low-necked collars, and a little black velvet ribbon round her neck, and pink beads. The Devourers 2012-03-16T02:00:23.493Z Queen Victoria insists on low-necked gowns; therefore all the American world of fashion insists that the Queen's mandate shall be followed. Donahoe's Magazine, Vol. XV, No. 4, April, 1886 Volume 15 (January 1886 - July 1886) 2012-01-29T03:00:07.953Z As she shook with laughter, the lace of her low-necked n�glig�e trembled seductively on her breast and shoulders. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z She had learned, we know not where, that at formal dinners ladies should wear low-necked gowns. The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 2011-12-25T03:00:12.817Z And "Ma" had her own ideas about low-necked gowns. In Pastures New 2011-12-23T03:00:12.717Z Another point that hurt the delicate sensibilities of the concert-going American public was the fact that at evening concerts I wore low-necked gowns. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z Another fashion, which has become so rampant as to need a general and continued objection to it, is that of wearing low-necked gowns. Donahoe's Magazine, Vol. XV, No. 4, April, 1886 Volume 15 (January 1886 - July 1886) 2012-01-29T03:00:07.953Z Men in tail-coats, men in frock-coats, women in low-necked ball-dresses, women in plain black stuff dresses, some elderly, some quite young, everyone enjoying themselves in his or her own particular way. In God's Way A Novel 2011-10-13T02:00:38.570Z She was looking very pretty: a delicate, fair little society-girl, in her low-necked white frock. The Later Life 2011-10-02T02:00:13.037Z In Scotland all the people wear Red hair and freckles, and one sees The men in women's dresses there, With stout, d�collet�, low-necked knees. Verse and Worse 2011-07-12T02:00:34.607Z Pani Elzen appeared in a pale rose-colored, low-necked dress with a great fold in the back extending from the top of the bodice to the bottom of the skirt. Hania 2011-07-04T02:00:18.053Z She could not spend the day in a low-necked dress, and with no stronger footgear than a pair of white satin dancing-shoes. The Kidnapped President 2011-06-23T02:00:29.120Z I found her all gotten up regardless—that low-necked black net of hers! Witch Winnie's Mystery, or The Old Oak Cabinet The Story of a King's Daughter 2011-06-06T02:00:08.460Z Melissa had never gone décolleté in her life, and at first the girls could hardly persuade her to wear the low-necked dress; but when she saw Molly she was content. Molly Brown's Post-Graduate Days 2011-05-27T02:00:15.860Z The cold hall, the low-necked gown, the long wait in which the young monologuist had heroically concealed her anxiety, all proved a great strain for Angelina. Brenda's Ward A Sequel to 'Amy in Acadia' 2011-05-20T02:00:37.457Z We found the church packed, most of the ladies being in deep mourning, but in low-necked dresses, which, at so early an hour, produced a startling effect. Cuba Past and Present 2011-04-16T02:00:18.193Z "I must say I'd like to see the girl in a low-necked dress"—he waved his hand to hold them in check. Rose of Dutcher's Coolly 2011-04-10T02:00:07.273Z Yet her most becoming low-necked gown Mrs. Digby could have given up almost more readily than the dinners which she had to sacrifice in her year of mourning. Miss Theodora A West End Story 2011-02-26T03:00:48.940Z Daintily-embroidered napery, beautiful porcelain, Queen Anne silver, exotic flowers, glittering glass, soft rosy light, creamy expanses of shirt-front, elegant low-necked dresses—all the conventional accompaniments of Occidental gastronomy. The Grandchildren of the Ghetto 2011-02-12T03:00:35.663Z His low-necked collar fails to show The contours of his manly chest, Since that has fallen far below His "fancy evening vest." Familiar Faces 2011-01-26T03:00:30.173Z She was wearing a low-necked black-velvet dress, and her slender throat and shoulders by contrast seemed to be very white. Burning Sands 2011-01-17T03:00:53.930Z Twenty persons were seated at table, including half-a-dozen women in low-necked dresses. The Woman of Mystery 2011-01-15T03:00:36.260Z Mrs. Digby graced a victoria even more truly than she graced a low-necked gown. Miss Theodora A West End Story 2011-02-26T03:00:48.940Z What could be more idiotic for cold weather than a pale pink, low-necked, short-sleeved chiffon nightgown, with the only solid thing about it a few embroidered wild roses! Vision House 2011-01-13T03:01:00.407Z The women were low-necked, as usual, for the sake of coolness, and thought it delightful. The Hidden Force A Story of Modern Java 2010-12-24T03:00:34.823Z It seems very odd to us Europeans to see a lady in a low-necked ball-dress, at four in the afternoon, receiving her friends, who are habited in ordinary visiting toilettes or tailor-made gowns. Jonathan and His Continent Rambles Through American Society 2010-12-20T17:12:16.420Z She unfastened the black velvet cloak and let it hang more loosely, wide apart, upon her shoulders—and held her hand agitatedly upon her bare throat, that was now exposed by the low-necked blouse. The Belovéd Traitor The other night, Bertha wore a low-necked dress and a train. Small Souls They stood in low-necked dresses; the long white veils fell in misty folds of gauze from the feathers and jewelled tiaras. Majesty A Novel They mostly wore low-necked dresses, many of them white or faintly tinted with blue or pink. A Bed of Roses To all this Maximina replied sweetly, but firmly, that she had never worn a low-necked dress, and that she should die of mortification if she did so now. Maximina She wore a bright red dress, low-necked, with a white rosette at her belt, with large hoops that bounded around in the most wonderful way. Personal Recollections of the Civil War By One Who Took Part in It as a Private Soldier in the 21st Volunteer Regiment of Infantry from Massachusetts Piruts all looks like pictures of "Buffalo Bill"—on'y they don't shave off the whiskers that sticks out over the collar of their low-necked shirt. The Old Soldiers Story Poems and Prose Sketches She wore a shabby, low-necked gown of some bluish-green stuff, with a collar of coarse lace; also a string of iridescent shells. The Return of the Prodigal While the liquor dealers were sending to wavering members their kegs of beer and jugs of whiskey, the "Antis" supplemented their efforts with champagne suppers, flowers, music and low-necked dresses. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years Look at this nervous, weedy, simple little bird in a low-necked shirt, and think of him wielding and directing interests so extended and seemingly incongruous! The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) She was the only one who was wearing a low-necked dress. Absolution Next thing, I saw that his dress was low-necked almost down to the waist. Aurora the Magnificent A low-necked, white satin dress disclosed her snowy shoulders; her head was surmounted by a pile of snow-white hair, with dangling white curls framing her pale ethereal beauty. Astounding Stories, April, 1931 I wore a low-necked dress and the weather being warm I had unfastened two or three of the top loops—thus leaving a considerable portion of my breasts exposed. The Life and Amours of the Beautiful, Gay and Dashing Kate Percival The Belle of the Delaware A little green lace skirt to the knee, all in ruffles, low-necked, of course, very low-necked and awfully tight-laced. Erdgeist (Earth-Spirit) A Tragedy in Four Acts As the woman bent forward in order to help the maid, her husband threw a look at her low-necked dress and smirked. Absolution Their disguise is of the simplest, and withal most conspicuous nature, consisting of a man's hat and a woman's chemise—low-necked, short-sleeved, and reaching to the ground. The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba If an elderly woman of full figure wears a low-necked dress, a lace scarf or something of that sort should be thrown over her shoulders. Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society Her bust, which her low-necked dress allowed to be seen, was really magnificent. The Life and Amours of the Beautiful, Gay and Dashing Kate Percival The Belle of the Delaware I could pretty near make you a collarette, to wear when you go to evening parties in a low-necked dress, or a watch chain more massive than the bloomin’ Mayor’s. The Tale of Timber Town Tears are not becoming to a very low-necked dress, and shouldn't be worn with powder and jewels. The Smart Set Correspondence & Conversations She whom nature has endowed with a comely figure, adopts the 'decolado,' or low-necked, short-sleeved fashion, while her less favoured sisters prefer to conceal their charms behind spotted lace or tulle. The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba To tell the truth, Deena had never before worn a low-necked dress. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 Her neck and shoulders, for she wore a low-necked dress, were as white as Parian marble and her bust was full and voluptuous. The Life and Amours of the Beautiful, Gay and Dashing Kate Percival The Belle of the Delaware Beneath the low-necked blouses of our cadets the chain was distinctly visible. Through Finland in Carts All of the daughters attended Miss English's Seminary, walking to and from school all winter wearing low-necked and short-sleeved dresses, covered only by a little cape. A Portrait of Old George Town The elder ones wore long-sleeved jackets and high-crowned hats, while the young ones wore what looked like low-necked jerseys tied together in front and their braided hair hung from uncovered crowns. The Panchronicon As Starkóvsky is going out he meets Lyúba in evening, but not low-necked, dress carrying a cushion with stars and ribbons. The Light Shines in Darkness I was clad very lightly, wearing a low-necked dress with a light scarf thrown over my shoulders. The Life and Amours of the Beautiful, Gay and Dashing Kate Percival The Belle of the Delaware A party like that, an' not a low-necked waist in town, nor a swallow-tail! Friendship Village Since the evening Dr. Morgan had sent her to her room because she had appeared in a low-necked gown, her dressing had been less elaborate, yet by no means could it be called simple. Elizabeth Hobart at Exeter Hall She walks on to the stage in a low-necked dress ... a magnificent woman ... a creamy complexion, with a touch of pink ... and golden hair ...” The Bill-Toppers I’d look like a gawk in one of those low-necked outfits. The Forester's Daughter A Romance of the Bear-Tooth Range He was wearing a low-necked shirt; his face and neck were tanned by the sun, as were the arms, bare to the elbow. Grey Town An Australian Story Queen Elizabeth rode thus behind the Earl of Leicester on public occasions, in a full hoop skirt, low-necked bodice, and large ruffs. A Girl's Ride in Iceland "Well," he said, "by way of a start I shall make my soldier brother take me to dinner somewhere where there's a band and fairies in low-necked dresses with diamond ta-rarras on their heads." The Long Trick She appeared, we are told, with a low-necked dress badly cut, tightly laced, her arms held back as if pinioned, her hair curled all over her head, and she danced quadrilles very badly. Daughters of the Puritans A Group of Brief Biographies I did not see a low-necked dress or a thin shoe north of Stockholm. Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland One was of a pretty girl in a white frock, low-necked and short-sleeved, with a red rose in the bodice, making the fair skin it rested against all the fairer. When Grandmamma Was New The Story of a Virginia Childhood The peculiarity of the dresses is that the most of them are cut low-necked—a taste which some ladies attribute to Mrs. Lincoln's appreciation of her own bust. Behind the Scenes or, Thirty years a slave, and Four Years in the White House He was appealed to for permission to wear low-necked dresses, and he was the man who regulated the modesty of ball costumes and the propriety of reading certain books. Renée Mauperin Where low-necked dresses are commonly worn they are not indecent, but they may become so at a point which varies according to custom from place to place and from class to class. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals Linen formed the chilling substructure of their attire—little, thin, linen, short-sleeved, low-necked shirts. Customs and Fashions in Old New England And in her low-necked gown and wearing the flowers another man had sent her, she seemed to Timothy more than ever of a world apart. The Heart of Arethusa She wore a low-necked dress, with a bouquet of cauliflowers and garlick in her bosom, a wreath of onion-greens in her hair, full, red dress, and elaborate hoops, which continually said, "Don't come a-nigh me." Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive She was all dressed up in silk, in a low-necked dress and a good many jewels on. The Man Next Door It would be difficult to mention anything in Oriental mores which we regard with such horror as Orientals feel for low-necked dresses and round dances. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals Tomboy Taylor had changed to a short-skirted, low-necked cocktail dress; relaxed with her eyes closed in my halluscene chair she looked lovely. The Big Fix It had a low-necked and short-sleeved bodice, and attached to that was a skirt--or something that would have been a skirt if it had had more time to grow. Lady Betty Across the Water Black velvet lounging slacks, a low-necked amber satin blouse, caught at the "V" by a curiously wrought antique silver pin. Each Man Kills Providing you possess an evening suit or a low-necked dress, you can always rub shoulders with the monde and the demi-monde of London at a cost of a few shillings a head. The Doctor of Pimlico Being the Disclosure of a Great Crime It was the first time that Catia had worn a low-necked frock; but she did not find it disconcerting in the least. The Brentons Gwen, in plain serge skirt and low-necked muslin blouse looked prepared for business, if not so ornamental as her companion. The Youngest Girl in the Fifth A School Story He had never before seen ladies in low-necked dresses and one just before him seemed shamelessly naked, and he gazed at her in astonishment. The Eagle's Heart We got a carriage, a low-necked vehicle drawn by two little mules. In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country She was shocked to learn the young wife wore a low-necked dress, and set her down at once as a low, vulgar woman, in whose company she should consider it a disgrace to be seen. Eventide A Series of Tales and Poems None of the other women wore low-necked gowns, but they wore more pretentious dresses, with more of ornament, and Mercedes felt they did not even know in how much better taste was she. Pirate Gold I find you as bold as brass parading in that low-necked red dress, which I told your mother was a shame to any woman when I saw her flaunting in it. The Heather-Moon Then, with a shock of surprise which was almost horror, he realized that this lovely, low-necked bird of Paradise creature was the same gentle girl he had followed. The Guests Of Hercules If other women paint their faces, or dye their hair, or wear short skirts to show their silk stockings, or low-necked and low-backed gowns, to make themselves more attractive, why shouldn't I? Heart and Soul by Maveric Post He scribbled things in pencil on a visiting-card, and sent it on board the big gray monster, by a nice low-necked sailor. Set in Silver When Captain Kilburn announced that the entrainment was well under way, we started in his big limousine, shivering a little in evening cloaks flung on hastily over low-necked dresses. Secret History Revealed By Lady Peggy O'Malley This apron is low-necked with shoulder straps and no sleeves. Woman as Decoration "I suppose you're looking forward to a delightful winter," Mary ventured, from her berth, as Dodo hid a low-necked lace nightgown under a pink silk kimono embroidered with gold. The Guests Of Hercules Her dress made her quainter still, for it was low-necked and sleeveless, and came to her tiny ankles so that she looked like a child from an old-fashioned picture. Across the Fruited Plain The gown was low-necked and short-sleeved, in the old style; and Samantha was in despair till she found some little embroidered muslin capes and full undersleeves, with which she covered Gay's pink neck and arms. Timothy's Quest A Story for Anybody, Young or Old, Who Cares to Read It And her garment was low-necked, of course, and thin like mine. Red Hair Her figure, as she leaned against the chair's high back, was slender and girlish,—childish, almost, in its low-necked, short-waisted, slim-skirted, "Empire" dress, of some filmy stuff, the pale yellow of a Marshal Niel rose. The Dreamer A Romantic Rendering of the Life-Story of Edgar Allan Poe They had low-necked gowns for the dances, at which their partners were, of course, invariably girls, and they said that, when they "came out," they would have their dresses cut lower and made more fashionably. The Guests Of Hercules Then up pads Old Hickory in a low-necked silk dressin'-gown, with his gray hair all rumpled and a heavy crop of white stubble on his solid set jaws. Wilt Thou Torchy The landlady, clad in a low-necked black dress with long sweeping train, was typical of many we saw in the old-country hotels. British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car Being A Record Of A Five Thousand Mile Tour In England, Wales And Scotland Why, down at Apsley, the rector comes and dines—for the sake of God—and respectability—and brings his daughters, dressed in their Sunday best—with low-necked frocks that make no pretence to be puritanical. Sally Bishop A Romance If you wear low-necked dress you can talk the wildest things, she says, and I think it's so. The Workingman's Paradise An Australian Labour Novel For, if you please, she was dressed out like a lady, in a gown of pale blue satin trimmed with swansdown—a low-necked gown, too, though she had flung a white shawl over her shoulders. Noughts and Crosses Stories, Studies and Sketches I remember we did go to a party in Fredonia one time, where a woman from Buffalo wore a low-necked gown, and Jim never got over it. Bunker Bean Women "dressed for dinner" in low-necked gowns with long trains; and the men attired themselves in dress-suits of various degrees of antiquity. British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car Being A Record Of A Five Thousand Mile Tour In England, Wales And Scotland She was setting out upon a long journey dressed in a low-necked, short-sleeved brown silk dress trimmed with quantities of fine lace. A Woman Named Smith She has to mix with low-necked people a little. The Workingman's Paradise An Australian Labour Novel It was a Summer party, Abel said—mere low-necked muslin, strawberries and ice-cream. Trumps Why don't I live at the park like Maude, and wear low-necked aprons instead of this old high one?' Tracy Park For this she gets "a drab silk bonnet shirred inside with pink, and her blue lawn and her brown silk made over, half low-necked." The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years We both laughed as I slipped the quaint old dress over my head and buttoned the low-necked waist, with its short puffy-sleeves, straight down the front. Phyllis Somehow, he looked younger and more boyish this year, anyway, in his camper's low-necked sport shirt and khaki riding breeches. Kit of Greenacre Farm A formal dinner dress, like a ball dress, is always low-necked and without sleeves, and is the handsomest type of evening dress that there is. Etiquette I saw her pale face on the street-corner, while the rain wet the flowers in her hair, and heard her soft voice calling to the men, while her flesh shivered in her low-necked bodice. Over Strand and Field "Good gracious! is it possible! what a fearfully low-necked dress you are wearing!" A Love Episode "I knew she was thin," he said, "but even with her low-necked dresses, I did not think that it was as bad as it is." A Woman's Impression of the Philippines The low-necked bodice left wholly uncovered her dazzling white shoulders, and beneath the transparent gauze of her sleeves shone the fair white arms as from out a silver cloud. The Youth of the Great Elector Because women in New York wear low-necked dresses and no hats, does not mean that those who live in New Town should do the same, if it is not New Town's custom. Etiquette She had worn a low-necked dress when he had told her he loved her. Hillsboro People Daintily embroidered napery, beautiful porcelain, Queen Anne silver, exotic flowers, glittering glass, soft rosy light, creamy expanses of shirt-front, elegant low-necked dresses—all the conventional accompaniments of Occidental gastronomy. Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People He handed the girl the slip of paper, and she thrust it into her low-necked blouse. The Purple Heights For one hysterical moment my mind's eye pictured a dinner-table on Prairie Avenue with alternately a low-necked gown and a pair of pajamas, and I choked. As Seen By Me At the end of the week her mistress presented her with a low-necked satin dress and asked her if she would not like to assist in entertaining the men. What eight million women want The whiteness of her skin became very evident when her arm showed outside her sleeve and at the opening of her low-necked dress. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel Young Burke held these gentlemen of the rowing clubs in great contempt, and their outriggers and low-necked and picturesque rowing clothes as well. Van Bibber and Others "If so," he went on, "I'll have my man brush up my low-necked clothes." Arizona Nights The girl might land as a leader in low-necked bare-armed and swell-busted society or in a bagnio and the boy might land in Congress or in the penitentiary. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 "I must wear low-necked dresses more in the evenings," she said to herself. Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise I just wish I was a rich American and could spend my summer at a hotel and wear jewels and low-necked dresses and have ice cream and chicken salad every blessed day. Anne of Green Gables They're the kind that wear low-necked dresses in the evening, and have their hair and nails done downtown. Buttered Side Down: Stories She wore a low-necked dress that made Miss Cobb's with the yoke out look like a storm collar, and if she had a broken heart she didn't show it. Where There's a Will Why we didn’t all die of pneumonia is another marvel, for we wore low-necked dresses and the thinnest of slippers in the street, our heads being about the only part that was completely covered. The Ways of Men She undid it, freed her thin shoulders, and saw herself a bride in low-necked satin, walking down an aisle with Lucius Harney. Summer She was very attractive, dressed in a low-necked gown of that dull, satiny stuff women were wearing now. Mr. Waddington of Wyck Monny and Mrs. East, though warned that nights would be chill, have come clothed in silk and gossamer, and have brought low-necked nightgowns of nainsook trimmed with lace. It Happened in Egypt Why don't you bring out a play with women in low-necked gowns, and champagne suppers, and a scandal or two? Where There's a Will "Are you two young idiots going out again this evening?" asked Uncle Mat as the three were eating their dessert, glancing from Sylvia's low-necked white gown to Austin's immaculate dress-suit. The Old Gray Homestead Contrary to his usual custom, Mr. Parker was wearing a dress coat, white waistcoat and white tie; and Eve looked exquisite in a low-necked gown of white silk. An Amiable Charlatan You could never tell what a woman was really like till you'd seen her in a low-necked gown. Mr. Waddington of Wyck Minna looked like a rosebud in her pretty low-necked blue dress, and the pastor in his cassock helped to the diversity of colour. Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places The indecent postures, the short-skirted, low-necked dresses, the sensual dancing, and the frequent trips to the places behind the saloons, were nauseating and repulsive. Fifteen Years with the Outcast I knew Sylvia was pretty, but I never knew how pretty until I saw her in a low-necked white dress! The Old Gray Homestead It was slightly low-necked, and was finished with a gathered berthe. My Double Life The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt The fact remains that a sleeveless gown, cut in a Pompadour form, is far more of a revelation of figure than a low-necked dinner-dress properly made. Manners and Social Usages This creature with a fluffy white wig and a low-necked dress is a marquise, is she? Under the Skylights They trooped into the quaint little barn, which appeared to wear its big north light rather primly, as a girl her first low-necked gown. The Nest Builder Children were dressed like the older people, and very pretty were the girls in their low-necked, short-sleeved camisas or waists, and full gay skirts, their hair in straight braids hanging down over the shoulders. History of California He had never seen her dressed as she was now, in a low-necked, white dress with short sleeves. The Duke of Stockbridge The fashion of wearing low-necked dresses at dinner has become so pronounced that the moralists begin to issue weekly essays against this revival as if it had never been done before. Manners and Social Usages To an experienced artist the customary study from a naked figure, male or female, is little more than what a low-necked dress would be to others. Cambridge Sketches To an experienced artist the customary study from a naked figure, male or female, is little more than what a low-necked dress at a party would be to many others. The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne "I was only thinking that one of those low-necked English bodices would have made it perfect." The Home and the World The gentlemen, splendid in their gala uniforms, were covered with decorations, and all the ladies present were in grande toilette and low-necked, and displayed every jewel they possessed. In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters The truly artistic modiste cuts a low-necked dress to reveal the fine lines of the back, but it is never in France cut too low in front. Manners and Social Usages The low-necked dress had been as unseasonable as the substitution of the hooped skirt for the quilted petticoat was imprudent. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 13, November, 1858 She had a full, round bust, and admirable shoulders, of which her husband felt quite proud whenever she showed herself in a low-necked dress. Fruitfulness Linen formed the chilling substructure of their dress, thin linen, low-necked, short-sleeved shirts; and linen remained the underwear of infants until thirty years ago. Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) She wore it high-necked for the races in the daytime and low-necked in the evening. In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters Our first impression of the native women was that they were all going to some ball or had put on their low-necked, transparent evening dresses by mistake. The Log of the Empire State Ella smiled and replied, "I'm better dressed for breakfast than you are, for I have on a wrapper, and you are in a low-necked evening costume." The Earth Trembled And, mother, there is your funny low-necked satin dress that you wore when a young lady. From Jest to Earnest The gown of Madam Padishal is varied pleasingly from that of Lady Mary Armine, in that the body is low-necked, and the lace whisk is worn over the bare neck. Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) His wife, at the other end of the table, shining in her low-necked dress with diamonds on her breast and in her hair, leaned forward anxiously, knowing her husband's temperament. The Valley of Vision : a Book of Romance an Some Half Told Tales She was attired in a low-necked and sleeveless gown. Her Weight in Gold "What's the matter with you, Bill?" asked the girl, as she threw off her motor coat and sat at the table in her low-necked party gown. Patty's Butterfly Days She came down to dinner in a low-necked frock, wearing the necklace and bangle; and, child that she is, in her hand she carried the silver-backed mirror. The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel Quicherat tells that the "whisk" came into universal use in 1644, when very low-necked gowns were worn, and that it was simply a kerchief or fichu to cover the neck. Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) All were garbed in the fashion of "ye olden time," the boys in wigs and square cuts, the girls in short-waisted, low-necked gowns, with hair combed high and powdered. Grace Harlowe's Senior Year at High School Mrs. Lancaster, looking her best in a low-necked black silk, if rather breathless after the hearty dinner, eaten in too-tight corsets, had her big chair, Georgia curled girlishly on a footstool at her feet. Saturday's Child At dinner she laughed rather too loud, it might be, and was too much given to addressing her husband as 'Willis;' but her undeniable prettiness in low-necked evening dress condoned what was amiss in manner. Demos Hawthorn had his nerve with him, an' wore a low-necked vest an' a droop-tailed coat. Happy Hawkins You can see it everywhere; it is the new fashion which the French brought here; the women wear low-necked dresses with very short sleeves, so that their shoulders and arms are entirely bare. Andreas Hofer She was indeed a blonde hussy, short-skirted, low-necked, pitifully rouged, depraved beyond redemption. Merton of the Movies "They don't let anybody inside of the incorporation without they have got on a low-necked dress and short sleeves." Samantha at Saratoga Heine, with dress and hair as worn in her youth—a low-necked black bodice, and bands of hair plastered down her cheeks—a style in the fashion of about 1840. Old Love Stories Retold She was depicted in a very low-necked black velvet dress. Resurrection The professor of drawing pondered for a moment, and then brightened; 'I have a pair of low-necked shirts,' he said, 'that I used to wear in Paris as a student. The Wrong Box All the German passengers were in dress suits, and their wives were wearing low-necked gowns. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse As Mr. Wilding, his back to her a moment, closed the door, Ruth slipped the paper hurriedly into the bosom of her low-necked gown. Mistress Wilding Besides, the sister-in-law with her low-necked bodice aroused in him a feeling akin to shame and remorse for some utterly base action. Anna Karenina One of the things that tempted her, and was the cause of her decision, was the woman telling her she might order her own dresses—velvet, silk, satin, low-necked ball dresses, anything she liked. Resurrection They had on white dresses in honour of the occasion, and the June baby was even arrayed in a low-necked and short-sleeved garment, after the manner of Teutonic infants, whatever the state of the thermometer. Elizabeth and Her German Garden His costume dated back to ’48, he was made of wood and parchment and still swathed his neck in a white cloth; and even his wife had never been seen in a low-necked dress. The Arrow of Gold A Story Between Two Notes |
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