Cyprian dress

Meaning

Phrase.

The designation belongs to Thévenin’s close-fitting dress, which the narrator says encloses her body like a sheath. The ancient-sounding label participates in the salon’s fashionable classicism. The text does not give a pattern, fabric specification or demonstrated ancient garment reconstruction, so the entry should not turn a mode-name into those missing details. “Cyprian” keeps the source’s designation, while the sheath comparison supplies its visible local effect.