" The bride wore a dress of that peculiar style of calico known as "furniture prints," without trimming or ornaments of any kind. Whether it was cut "bias" or with "gores," I'm sorry to say I don't know, dress-making being as much of an occult science to me as divination. "

― George Kennan , Tent Life in Siberia: An Incredible Account of Siberian Adventure, Travel, and Survival