jan 1, 1765 - Hangbags

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Waists became very tight and long, with a pointed bodice, often of satin, and cut very low. To protect the chest from cold, a "breast-front" of lace and ribbons was worn, but even with this, women's dress, even in the daytime, presented an aspect of décolletage somewhat startling to modern notions.
In winter small capes were worn as well as all-enveloping cloaks, and in the early seventeen-sixties, small feather muffs were popular, both with men and women. For the woman, the muff also served in place of the as yet uninvented handbag. When muffs grew larger people were in the habit of carrying small pet dogs in them.

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