Solomon's Song
“Therefore he tries to persuade her to dress in the style that might be expected of a young Melbourne socialite whose hair is worn in what is known as the short bob, with curls brushed forward over the forehead. A gown typical of the fashion for the very rich is one such as worn by the pretty Miss Vanda Clarke at an afternoon reception at the Clarke home, Winmarleigh, for the dancer Ivy Schilling, ‘the terpsichorean with the most beautiful legs in the world’. Miss Clarke wore a peacock chiffon t...affeta gown, with draped bodice and tunic of soft lace and ninon, the bodice finished with a deeper tone of blue. Hawk, reading the Age, has somehow stumbled across the photograph of Miss Clarke and a description of her gown and points it out to Victoria at breakfast. ‘Perhaps you could wear something like this?’ he says casually. ‘You know, done up to the nines.’ He chuckles. ‘It’ll fair sock Abraham and his cohorts in the eye, eh?’ He stabs a finger at the paper. ‘Miss Clarke seems to be the very height of fashion and you, my dear, are much, much prettier than she is.’ Victoria, who is seldom rude, though often forthright, sends him away with a flea in his ear.MoreLess
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