New-York tribune., 1871-12-28
FASHION, IN A&ERICA'

AIN fashon there are three
DONpoN' ,vomen There ia the kind that oe-
-. .vorvthine foreign, and oene'es ' s.Nnuoa In
.Sa.,.r, rnfo itself: there IL the h'nu Una.
aop,nr whatever is really food Anu a.n.n, nr ma
- md that entertains uaspeakan'e c"n.o.p r,.h,
..e ..,vctons and blind idolatry OF huropV' -
:. ,rons The first possesses n'oio IA..n .o,,nor
~,.tom, the second combines sr'is'' ~ .no.. =,
- ,he third exhibits the WIZ i,
.,,sn, uurclicved 10y ei'n'r -, -. A..
49, IN the first il should be sahd' lake VI S .
which needs Criticisln' " ~ ~
second WIN. -, .otormod altogether. As vices, like
'h"o' j." ,n,,c wafer always come 10 the SURFACE,
i"I" y, ,,omscl YES most conspicuous IN society,"
" .,onco ~ such class proves that there are
eu' 'u' o,,on practiCed which are diametricaiy
nosed IN American insttupon w - s 80. 80,
.,,s alxavs come abrosd gu" "'""s' eo ~ ~
,,r ,eads filed with folly -" W ~ W ~ -,
'u'n " ,o,no ,re GOD, but when clothes are the
Cio'"es' ~ ,n tn,t woman is a failure, and when,
Ns' par " ,a,ns. being her better half-or perhaps
=" " ~ ,ors-shis fraction OF a woman attempts TO
" '. -, r"s, a, Der sex into servile worship OF the
-,, ., nor dol,ny, she becomes an unmiuga'eu NUS
s,.o o,d cusnto nc exterininated
@nce "" trne that the French possess greater
~ -, . .ay other nation: 1t is perfectly true that
- .,istes and French honnets the most stylsh
Wv <n,t tut IL docs not follow that everything
- ,s fue OF that every fine French fashion is ap-
,rtste for America Paris originates many fasn-
- 40, because they are beautiful but because trade
,ust invent novelties order TO keep alive. Americans
art the hest customers because they travel more nave
cr, money and the funkies foolish enough to seize
every na thrown TO them Partisan and London ladies
he word ladies' is used its conventional not its true
s~nscJ rarely walk except IN the Bos or in Hyde PARK,
corscOucntly long costume dresses are adinssape; !;
Am, ricau ladies generally walk. vet such slaves
are hey foreign fashion az TO drag their
Glow length along through mud and suSh. when.
q year aco. strcct-drcsses were as sensible
in ci sborIucSs they becoming 10 pretty fee
No WOMAN can now walk IN dress Il Ia moi. without
dong scayenycr duty carry ing about Dcpen colds
IL the "f her skirts. The reason why do not
ii, -, the ballot for Women an English authoress,
"!s rccaus, they ale sich fools II blind devotion To
tl tatcs OF UO>tes hc any indication OF character,
tho English ouhcrcss is about right. Worth makes the
an he want W him the dowdy. thinks the Amcri-
can innky. Their a greater delusion Worth
hAs conceived and does still conceive fine dresses pro-
the who the order has taste and ideas
Of Ler OWL; nut there is no Partisan dressmakers
Of (,tbIiIy who exhibit such cxtravagant and
o4.i-t TASTE as ~. same EnglishmaD, Worth,
aha the IN wLo links that because she pays one
thousand francs for dress she has attained the Inacu
late r .ashoD mistaken the ostrich in its eelc
tratcd atienpt at conctalment Nine times ont Of ten
Mademosele PersoIne VIII make more tasteful dress
for ti the for the truth is that Worth has been
ru.n.d tv An arican women. Seeing the loud - style
anc RE hest customers hc ADM III
ist,s 20 1t Is h.s prices in lowering hs STANDARD.
and persons II ~ native and foreign. 90 Sc
wh,!c toI their "arf,s The sooner American women
recover from glaIuour Of Worth's reputation The
h ittI ioI th tastes and thor husbands packets.
10 tIndy copy Trance Is stupid. hut to copy England
A. nIJu'ss. Ii universally conceded that Germans
tN,tI ted Thc,>wUmcn dress worse than any civilized
Ia C ASEI,.v1cd nations rot supposed to dless
~ al - ...: 10: cuoch speak 9TH" statement
NV hc IMPROVED iy declaring that English and
Their atufe. Yet long ago American
fashion WINTER undcitO 10 correct y0nr hdrharc
tss.c ~ tei..uG you what England wore under
eLc. ad such circumstances Because English society
W. uo; .DI r.ic ha ChGr,h not cvcu upon young
rI therefore Au,Ita should be iIotic enough 10 issue
IL ,rD-I .4la,, l. there nay reason to sdppCSe that
IT, creator pr,t,r> hOuAc: to Lati No London man.
worth, 10. IL, ,.'u.. daIcS other than stove
rt. Summer ~ Winter SHAH Americans. with thcir
extremes AZ hd and cold. 10 low in the wake of their
TI.BStilautlc cuu>.rsl We shall next he lectured
the hcrItie iInprorriety OF a demi-t1ii'he for
dinner pari.cs. b,tau>e England decIees mat
Nufnci. lr hoy yOuur o. Oh, hony or IlUnp,
homciS far. shah appear in Statf "f
s,il-:.Idy. iHe prOprieiy cannot be expected from
a ,n.nily who's, queen eNdctH similar condition ni
nnlche.s fron lei shvcring ladies waiting. but
Amc.Itd w.iho.i iIiitIOl> ana toIeore should be
lcrrpaC II leaders Of fasnion lay cis,
to they will adopt only s"S" i ee q" d.
a. ale worthy uanspianhng, ann VIII seek 10 M ut
g., =, the cxcellent taste inherent III sWh Ai"ltdh
,vnuc ~ do i've u"'r the pTi,cS a. 10 hNt 1-
I!D,.I 4 ~ ..p tor war pant