Mr. Bickerstaff notices the extreme nakedness of the ladies' breasts at this time; and casually mentions the beau's pearl-coloured stockings and _red_-topped shoes, fringed gloves, large wigs, and feathers in the hat. A lady's Riding-dress was advertised for sale in the Spectator of June 2, 1711, "of blue Camblet well laced with silver; being a coat, waistcoat, petticoat, hat and feather." Another in 1712 mentions an _Isabella_ coloured _Kincob_ Gown, flowered with green and gold, a dark-coloured _cloth_ (probably linen) Gown and Petticoat with two silver orrices, a purple and gold _Atlas_ Gown; a _scarlet and gold_ Atlas Petticoat edged with silver, a wrought _Under_-petticoat edged with gold, a black velvet Petticoat; _Allejah_ Petticoat striped with green gold and white, a blue and silver silk Gown and Petticoat, a blue and gold Atlas Gown and Petticoat, and clogs laced with silver. These were the property of Mr. Peter Paggen of Love-lane near Eastcheap, brewer, who fined for Sheriff in 1712; and were probably the dresses of the females of his family. That _they_, or whoever wore such, were very gaudy, cannot be denied; but those rich coverings for the body were matched by the decorations of the head: if the hips had their scarlet, the seat of the understanding had its blue, yellow, pink, and green Hoods. The Spectator says, "When Melesinda wraps her head in _flame_ colour, her heart is set upon execution." The majority of these fashions were doubtlessly from France, as the same work describes a Parisian Doll imported by the Milliners; a custom most religiously continued during the rare intervals of peace between the two Countries. To the above list of finery pray let me add Mrs. Beale's loss in 1712. "A green silk knit Waistcoat with gold and silver flowers _all over it_, and _about fourteen_ yards of gold and silver _thick_ lace on it. And a Petticoat of rich strong flowered satin red and white, _all in great_ flowers or leaves, and _scarlet_ flowers with _black specks_ brocaded in, _raised high like Velvet or Shag_." Surely if James I. had seen this Waistcoat and Petticoat, he would have sadly abused his two subjects who wore them; they even set the Stomachers of Queen Bess at defiance, except that they are deficient in _Jewelry_. And in 1714 Mr. John Osheal had the misfortune to be robbed of "a scarlet cloth Suit, laced with broad gold lace, lined and faced with blue; a fine cinnamon cloth Suit with plate buttons, the Waistcoat fringed with a silk fringe of the same colour, and a rich _yellow_ flowered satin morning Gown lined with a cherry-coloured satin, with a pocket on the right side."