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As historian Clare Haru Crowston points out in Fabricating Women: The Seamstresses of Old Regime France, 1675-1791 , the mantua transform[ed] existing patterns of clothing consumption and seamstresses used this new type of dress that required minimal cutting and shaping to establish a niche in the high-end of the garment trades and to spread the new taste to other social groups (Crowston 37, 40)

Doesnt the velvet look scrumptious

The belt is designed to multi-function, you can make a bow or just leave it loose in the front or on the back of the dress

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There were a lot of bold choices on being displayed on stage when she kicked off the tour, including an alien-esque leather outfit complete with a headpiece with tentacles

You'd better choose your accessories appropriately