The Beauty of Human Figures

Let's accept that despite the adornment in which we see them, it is very unique to them, and harmonizes quite well with their expression, thus it is useful to adorn them in this manner. From this, we can easily understand why it happens that the same decorations, headgear, and necklaces embellish one person and deform another: particularly when their application does not take into account the suitability and diversity of these objects. Therefore, some young ladies err greatly, who follow fashion without discernment, believing that what suits another will suit them too; whereas this is often a gross mistake: they should perceive this much between the mirror and their conscience, hence the impulse to follow fashion without blindly turning into a 'Peete Baafje' or 'Peete Geesje' or Miss Dings, or any other.

For a further demonstration of beauty, it has been customary among the female gender to reveal the bosom, or even to bare the entire breasts; though in our countries, it is still used sparingly above the nipples. And though some object, Thomas a Vio in his interpretations on Thomas Aquinas strongly defended this manner of doing so, advocating that this was for elegance's sake and to beautify the Woman. For, he says, just as our forefathers after the fall in Paradise seemed to have covered their privates, so there is no reason why one should cover the breasts beneath the shame-parts.

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