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«Deseaba tener un gran fuego -explicó-, pues el frío es muy intenso y estas damas están casi desnudas.» Josefina entendió la sugerencia, y en 1801 comenzó a usar materiales opacos, aunque cortados de un modo original que pronto habría de convertirse en moda: cintura alta, mangas cortas abullonadas, la falda cayendo recta, de modo que moldeaba la figura sin destacarla; y en lugar de zapatos, finas chinelas.
‘I wanted to be sure there was a large fire,’ he explained, ‘as it is extremely cold and these ladies are almost naked.’ Josephine took the hint and in 1801 started wearing opaque materials, cut however in an original way, which was soon to become the fashion: high waist, short puffed sleeves, tunic falling straight, moulding the figure without stressing it, and instead of shoes thin buskins.
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