Nearly a century later, also in France, a man from the provinces who attended a Court ball at the Tuileries in Paris in 1855 was deeply shocked by the décolleté dresses and is said to have exclaimed in disgust: "I haven't seen anything like that since I was weaned!"
Næsten et århundrede senere, ligeledes i Frankrig, blev en mand fra provinsen, der deltog i et hofbal i Tuilerierne i Paris i 1855, dybt chokeret over de nedringede kjoler og siges at have udbrudt i foragt: "Jeg har ikke set noget lignende, siden jeg blev vænnet fra!"