Two men were seated in it; both in clothes of some really beautiful metallic colour; but the cap of one was plain, while the cap of the other blazed with some device.
"And the women?
I can't see any system among them." "Ah! but there is, though it's harder to detect.

They have much more liberty than the men; but, as a rule, each woman has a predominating colour, the colour of the head of her family, and all, of course, wear badges.

There are sumptuary laws, I needn't say." "I shouldn't have guessed it!" "Well, not as regards price or material, certainly--only size.
There are certain absolute limits on both sides; and fashions have to manage between the two.

You see it's the same thing as in trades and professions, as I told you yesterday.

We encourage the individual to be as individualistic as possible, and draw the limits very widely, beyond which he mustn't go.