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Kate Greenaway|keɪt ˈgriːnəweɪ|
The name of Kate (Catherine) Greenaway (1846–1901), English artist and illustrator of children's books, used attrib. and absol. to designate the style of children's clothing modelled on her drawings.
1902Little Folks 153/1 Mothers began to dress their little boys and girls in what they came to call ‘Kate Greenaway dresses’. 1907‘E. Godfrey’ Eng. Children in Olden Time xvi. 262 The Little Female Academy is supposed to exist about 1770, so by that time the pretty little ‘Kate Greeneway’ [sic] garments prevailed. 1940Beerbohm Lett. to R. Turner (1964) App. B. 294 The Preraphaelite influence, with the Kate Greenaway influence thrown in. 1957M. B. Picken Fashion Dict. 193 (caption) Kate Greenaway..Coat, 1890's. 1959Times 21 Sept. 12/3 The child bridesmaid.. wore a long Kate Greenaway dress. 1960S. Kale Fire Escape v. 27 Priscilla was naturally chosen to take part in a scene calling for Kate Greenaway fashions. 1965M. Sharp Sun in Scorpio iii. xxv. 131 Elspet was peddling lavender-bags in her Kate Greenaway. Ibid. 130 ‘That's me being bridesmaid in Kate Greenaway,’ pointed out Elspet. 1966J. S. Cox Illustr. Dict. Hairdressing 86 Kate Greenaway style, hairdresses for young children inspired by the hair fashions depicted in the coloured illustrations by Kate Greenaway published between 1879–1895. 1968J. Ironside Fashion Alphabet 140 Kate Greenaway, a child's bonnet of the style illustrated by Kate Greenaway, similar to those worn in the Empire period and with a frill round the face. Still worn by small bridesmaids sometimes. |