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While Emily is writing in the early 1920s, at the end of the era of tea gowns (the earliest tea gowns date to the mid 1870s, the latest to the early 1930s), many of the characteristics of tea gowns that she describes hold true for the entire history of tea gowns

It transitions across formality levels more effectively than any other length, photographs well in both natural and artificial light, accommodates virtually every shoe category, and works across all seasons with appropriate fabric weight changes

It has fallen out of popularity due to the fussy nature of the collar, which most men do not want to deal with

If serving individual servings: this recipe divides in to 4 separate servings really well

I would highly recommend them!

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