Although for some time clothes had been designed with greater flexibility so that the wearer could go between town and country without having to change constantly, dinner jackets and dresses were still de rigueur for the evening. While it was acceptable to look businesslike and efficient during the day, the image of the woman in the evening as "mysterious, alluring, witty, veiled, gloved, corseted and even button-booted as any romantic, fairytale queen" persisted.