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Necklines were high, while sleeves of bodices initially peaked at the shoulders, but increased in size in the middle of the decade to a puffed leg-of-mutton style.The sleeves grew to a volume rivaling the 1830s and even sometimes required a cushion to retain their fullness

Many of them, the newspapers later reported, struggled to strip off their garments, their ribbons, and their wigs of long, wavy hair. Others raced immediately to the back doors or leapt out of second-floor windows and onto the roofs of nearby buildings

It's a piece that translates instinctively from casual chic to bold sophistication