And then, continuing with the #fashionPlates, there was this one:

https://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15324coll12/id/8633/rec/67

(which depicts another early #1890s dress with a plain skirt and waist with the expected huge sleeves in salmon, with just a bit of lace details. And then there is a sort of black swiss waist with gravity defying tabs that reach up towards the bust and ribbons with a dovetail end that go down to mid-tight, plus some black wings? on the shoulders.)

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