Even Royalty "Slims”
The slimming of Princess Juliana for her wedding, we are told, was carried out so effectively that till the last minute dressmakers were forced to keep “taking in” her wedding gown. Fashion knows no national boundaries, and Holland must fall in step with the rest of the world, in spite of the full-bodied Dutch figure which has been the characteristic of the race throughout the centuries. Peter Paul Rubens, the famous artist of yore, who delighted to paint Dutch models because of their robust massive.ness, must have turned in his gravo.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 39, 16 February 1937, Page 9
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94Even Royalty "Slims” Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 39, 16 February 1937, Page 9
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