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Within a week, the kingdom of Ardore became the most sensibly-dressed nation in history. Silk stockings were burned in bonfires. Lace was torn from collars and repurposed as fishing nets. The milliners, those architects of whimsy, closed up shop and fled to the mountains.

The only one who seemed unbothered was the Queen’s younger sister, Princess Celia. Celia had always been considered a little strange. She preferred geometry to gossip and algebra to alchemy. And now, with all the frivolous dressers in hiding, she flourished. frivolousdressorder

One day, she wore a dress whose skirt was a perfect, rigid cone. “It’s a study in acute angles, Lord Pence,” she explained. “Nothing frivolous about a triangle.” He grunted his approval. Within a week, the kingdom of Ardore became

The royal decree, etched on vellum and sealed with a pound of wax, read: The milliners, those architects of whimsy, closed up