The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-06-12
The Origin Of Some French FASH
ions.

The Paris correspondent of the London
Daily Ne'cs writes to that journal of May
20 "Trace fashion to its origin, and you
will nearly always find that il springs from
tie consciousness of defect and wish to
mask it. The fatherland of crinoline is
Spain, and a Spanish Queen first wore
hoops to dissmilate unequal hips. A Venus
of the Boulevards, who committed suicide
by throwing herself over balcony few
years ago, revived the high-heeled shoes,
Which Louis Quatorzc originally brought
into fashion to appear taller than the King
of Spain at the meeting in the Isle of Plea
ants. 4 lady who derives prestige from
rank, fortune, and striking beauty, scalded
her arm three winters back. An ugly mark
bore witness to the accident. She thought
of wearing to conceal it those long armed
gloves, which, out of mercy to the plebian
wives of Napoleons marshals and generals,
the Empress Josephine adopted, the hats
slanling down over the eyebrows were the
result of a lady of exalted rank losing her
front hair. Queen Elzabeth's neck was
yellow and thin, hence the "stin muslin
name" The double veil of white and black
tulle was contrived by a parliamentary
woman with a bad complexion. She used
pearl powder to hide her red skin, and the
white and black vel to dissimulate the
peal powder, which would have shown on
black net An old Partisan beau, with an
| experience of more than half century of
fashionable society here and at the CONT
mental gambling and watering places, main
| tains that when fashion is not traceable
to deformity it must have originated in
the desire of reigning or rising belle to
crush a rival. Certain things now Ia
made owe their vogue to this. 1t is young
duchess of the Naubourg st. German. in
tent On wrenching the sceptre of fashion
| from waning beauty, who has brought in
here afternoon dances and the new bonnet.
From front to back rim this bonnet is of
endless diameter. 1t is set on behind a
wreath piled up upon the spot where
phrenologists tell us the organ of irmness
lies, and it defes madly the laws of gravl-
tation. With its trailing garlands it has a
wild, frolicsome look. which suits the giddy
spirits of youth. No pity has it for the
faded or "rejuvenated" hair and it does
not lend itself to the stratagem of the dou-
BILE veil of white and black tulle. 1t only
goes with barred face. Endeavoring to
let herself down easy, the mature queen OF
fashion, whom this bonnet was meant ia
dethrone, had recourse to artificial blossoms
of russell tint, created entirely by hei
fleuriste. She is now being driven into hei
last entertainments. The fiat has gone
forth at afternoon and garden parties ma
tural wreaths are to be worn. On remov
ing her light straw bonnet the ddnSeatse will
still retain her floral crown. These flowers
with which early summer decks the fields
and gardens re suitable only to bright
fresh youth. This fashion, with plar
women predominatng over pretty, is SURE
to be ephemeral, and is not original Il
was borrowed from one set by the late
Comtesse d'Apponyi when she wanted
not to hide defect but to exclude from
her, circle some financiers' wives whose
visages did not bear in the sunlight prox
unity to natural flowers. The wreath.
worn nearly forty years ago at her garden
parties in the Faubourg st. German wer,
mounted by Mile Barjou, who was sup
posed to have discovered preparation which
would keep them fresh to the end of the fete
To one of these afternoon dances the Com
tess Lehorn came in pea-green silk dress
pro!usely garnished with real lilac flowers
and white lace scarf over lilac silk.
bonnet to correspond was set lightly over
a wreath of Parma violets. The paragon
and mirror Of fashion that year was Nine
Emile De GIrardin, the Tenth Muse, as sh
was called. She appeared at one of tn,
Comtesse d'Apponyis afternoons in SIX,
blue gauze and daisies. She took lieu
rste with her, and little girl to Gull dal
sizes in the garden of the Embassy. Will
/, the latter gathered, the former compose,
wreaths and bouquets, which were supple
fresh and fresh between the dances.