The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-12-01
Fashions q, Homo and Abroad.

The latest Paris fashions Paris hats from the
Rue Viviennel Paris robes from the Rue de
Richelieul Paris cloaks from the Rue de la
Paix! All the latest Paris styles of wells, fresh
from the Rue Choiseul As these form the
substance of the "dream by night, the waking
thought by day." of every fair American de-
votee Of fashion, the HERALD, as in duty bound.
lays week after week before its lady readers,
in its interesting special correspondence from
the French capital, every shade, variety,
change and novelty in the attire of their
Partisan sisters; SO that by following strictly
the instructions OF our Paris letter the belle
Of Broadway may shine in equal glory with
the belle of the Boulevards. In this, as in all
other news, social, political, criminal, reli-
gious, commercial, legal, mercantile and
general, the HERALD is recognized as authority,
and Its dictum as to flowers, frills, furbelows,
feathers, founces and fripperies is accepted
without question by the fashionable world.
Our fashions letter serves Q double purpose.
Il keeps our readers advised of all the fun and
frolic going on In the higher circles Of society
in Paris, and it holds check upon our specu-
lative home nodistes, many of whom ondeavor
to palm of upon their innocent and ambitious
customers all manner Of frightful caricatures
upon French styles and all sorts of WORKOUT,
obsolete fashions at least two months old.
At the same time, we never fail to enter our
protest against the mania that leads our home
beauties to ape the fashions of the French or
any other foreign nation and that deters them
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an example Of taste, gracefulness and judg-
ment in dress to the women Of the world The
American beauty is Of . type peculiar to
the country, and its object should rather
be to adopt costume becoming TO itself
than 10 conform to the notions Of others.
A French woman studies her complexion, her
size, her expression, and every conceivable
point in deciding what she will put on while
our own Flora McFlimseys, with enormous
wardrobes Of nothing to wear" may not have
in their entire collections, made in accordance
with arbitrary rule and pattern, single dress
calculated to enhance their native charms. 1t
is time, too, that the women Of America should
aspire TO make themselves known abroad for
the lovely creatures they are. At present the
only real type Of an American woman gener-
ally known to our European sisters Is the re-
presentation set before them by Mrs. Barney
Williams and Mrs. Florence, In the square
waist, short skirts and capacious sunshade Of
the yankee gal" tits for our own fair coun-
trywomen TO say whether they are contented
10 be recognized at the gay capitals Of Europe
only by such . model OF whether they will
show the court beauties Of Paris and London
that the women Of the States have grace and
elegance and taste Of their own, and compel
tho proud foreigners 10 bend down before
republic Of fashion, as the republic has 50
long worshipped at the loot Of tho European
throne. Let the American ladies once cut
loose from Paris aud London, instruct their
modistss to study American besuty In their
styles, colors, trimmings, shapes and combina-
IONS and they win soon ind The advantage Of
the change and have becoming fashiops Of their
own without relying uRoa the dictum q
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