'Empire Style': Neckline

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Title

'Empire Style': Neckline

Subject

Eugene Onegin: "Reading in Fashion"

Description

English influence on Russian clothing, albeit later for Olga's countryside wardrobe.

Creator

Elizabeth LaFave

Source

Text: Alexander Pushkin; Eugene Onegin
Image: Masterpieces of Women's Costume of the 18th and 19th Centuries

Publisher

Text: Oxford's World Classics
Image: Dover Publications

Text

«В смятенье нежного стыда,

Он только смеет иногда,

Улыбкой Ольги ободренный,

Развитым локоном играть

Иль край одежды целовать» (4, XXV, 94). 

 
“Confused with tender shame the while

(Encouraged, though, by Olga’s smile),

He sometimes even dares to cover

One loosened curl with soft caress

Or kiss the border of her dress” (Chapter 4, Stanza 25, Page 94). 

Citation

Elizabeth LaFave, “'Empire Style': Neckline,” Collections @ ECU, accessed November 22, 2024, http://collections.ecu.edu/items/show/586.

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