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While no longer common, detachable collars were popular from the 1800s to the 1930s

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These should be covered, if not by the dress itself, then by lace or muslin overwaist or cape and sleeves A young hostess should wear a dress of rich silk, black or dark in color, with collar and cuffs of fine lace, and plain jewelry by daylight, or, if the dinner is by gaslight, glittering stones. (274) According to this Victorian mistress of etiquette, this dress would have been appropriate for the married or middle-aged guest (Fig