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Choose the lightest breathable fabrics, chiffon and fine lace, and avoid heavy satin, velvet, and dense beading, which trap heat
In France the style was sometimes called " la grecque" after the decorations found on the pottery and sculpture of Classical Greek art, though the empire dress had multiple sources, including Marie Antoinette's chemise la reine , a simple white gown influenced by those worn by European women living abroad in warm climates, including the Americas
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To complete the picture, she never went anywhere without her ailing mother, whose dour countenance and austere dress conjured the pairs hardscrabble past in the American Midwest so distant in every way from the music halls of fin-de-sicle Paris