I am more sophisticated now; The Lady Who Tells Me Things says that the respectable women nowadays, out-rouge, out-crimp and out-lace the unrespectable.
"The Window at the White Cat"
Mary Roberts Rinehart
A body 'ud think they'd know better nor to act so unrespectable-like.
"North, South and Over the Sea"
M.E. Francis (Mrs. Francis Blundell)
Just as there was only one Racksole, so there was only one Jules, and Miss Spencer instinctively shared the latter's indignation at the spectacle of any person whatsoever, millionaire or Emperor, presuming to demand an 'Angel Kiss', that unrespectable concoction of maraschino and cream, within the precincts of the Grand Babylon.
"The Grand Babylon Hotel"
Arnold Bennett