{"product_id":"2940000785188","title":"What Dress Makes of Us (1897)","description":"Practical clothing advice for women, first published in 1897.  \"Did you ever observe, dear comrade, what an element of caricature lurks in clothes? A short, round coat on a stout man seems to exaggerate his proportions to such a ridiculous degree that the profile of his manly form suggests \"the robust bulge of an old jug.\" A bonnet decorated with loops of ribbon and sprays of grass, or flowers that fall aslant, may give a laughably tipsy air to the long face of a saintly matron of pious and conservative habits. A peaked hat and tight-fitting, long-skirted coat may so magnify the meagre physical endowments of a tall, slender girl that she attains the lank and longish look of a bottle of hock...\"","brand":"B\u0026R Samizdat Express","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47156219674864,"sku":"2940000785188","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940000785188_p0.jpg?v=1763545898","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940000785188","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}