The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-06-29
DRESS IN FRANCE.

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his period, - his sister, Marguerite de
valoIs, did the fashiona." NJ. Chapus says
That, though she had an abundance of beau
tifuf black hair, she had a great fondness.
Hks lAdies OF . more modern time, for golden
loclA and wore wigs Of her favorite color:
She selected as pages only those lads who Ind
hair of this color, and did not scruple TO
have It cut OF when sho wanted n new per-
ruuue. She wore n number Of gold ehains
twisted into the hair and several moro
around her neck and In this, rs in other
fashions, her example was generally follow
cd by the ladies Of tho nobility and Of the
bourgeoise. Among these customs, most
Of thom involving considerable expense,
were those Of wearing perfumed gloves
bordered with fringe, which were not taken
Of even At night masks Of black velvet or
satin, which were attached TO the fnce by
means Of q piece Of string, with q pearl at
the end OF II, the pearl being placed in the
mouth and belts, from which were sus-
pended q mirror and n folding fan made
Of .vellum with n trimming OF lace. Mr..
Chapus might nave added that the Hotel
de Sens, in which Marguerite do valois
resided ut Paris, Is about TO DO demolished.
During the League there was a marked
diminufion in the luxury Of dress, but when
Hsni ". had established his authority in
Pais the former fashions r, ass, rtcd til. m
selves aud DAubigne speaks OF NO fewer
than sixty-four new shades OF color, among
them being tho dying Ape tho Seven
capital Sins, " tho '.Dead Man come 10 Life
aeain,' and the ''Siek Spaniard." The
length Of tho sleeves vrs no great that il
was deemed necessary TO invent spoons with
very long handles, in order that ladies' might
% able 70 eat their soup without solnng
their dress. (,
FOR . undre years France bad shared
me empirs OF fashion with Italy anu SPAIN,
but IN the reign OF LOUIS Mi: she had ~
aamcss enu,sIy 70 nsfseii- Tor une iirsi
umo aiter sne mpse Oh ssVcnu centuries,
naies "oro a,esses wniuh oiu not spoii 'h.ir
ngufes- tne naies o. inc old school sthh
Ieuineo niAAkss on. u Younger ones
naerety "ore vent OF pihck eraie' wnch
sstsco Us . renct 70 the whiteness cf their
sEm- Young and Old alike niads q plenn.
M use OF perfumes, powder rouge, and
pe.ohes % imitato stars, flower, and
enimss- 1no perfumed gloves, rrd, green,
&c sky-niue anu morocco shoes
o. oinerens coiors aiso icontnu 70 he The
xAsnlon In male dress comprised q short
manfie dnped round tho bust, a pourpoint
Vim long pasques attached to IT, short top
Sooe,, = pen fof the rnpier, q nat hat with
1-oea nrim ana teathers . hai COLLAR turned
Sn uPon sne PouIPoin', ~ '1e nna. W.
= sopg Win INC mousuacno cuile1- ineIo
49, MUG cnhnse IN inc genera gharac,
SeL1I sne iasnion uhaer LOUIS Nv, ano
I NE connuea 70 wear s1cn 10Y aresses
~, one u me priests IN karis wrooe y
pooA oenoune,ng ,nS piac'ice, peing toi-
Dwap ~ Apoe noneau, = Drotnef OF tne
PSsS ~ pen, nn worx u INC Apuses
Ns@sy. ~ no were Inauo "
70 u.Poesi ous hume. ~ aimnlenon was
10Y suooesatui, 2 neI habit OF wearing
.oH.a oe rpon her snoueuets was generany
2 ~ me sihteentn century the
punno Datns, which had been opened nfty
ys..s Detore' gave fise 70 sucn canaais
~ sne Ponce mao oeen comPeneu 70 CLOSE
Ensm, me only patns tnen existing were
49, m tne hotels OF wealthy persons and
- nsef patns used IN the summer: me
yv@zs ~. I'M. NJ the oegtntns on louis
Axs reign me use OF oatns mao gone
2S1sy ous Oh nAsnioni wsser We sePlaoec
XPCCum anu e.en 'ne IT,. @aIu =.
S"n "e y, = week win9u. wasn n
~ INC ming, "no nao himsen
49,. sne ase ..vm tno
s.no |. nats N.Y. neAsules IAHen Z
soPen tnnm WIN que regaIu 10, Ptopfi-
ssss.ssH 1ns"ue "Iu s - w
- 5--.s ~. ~. 49, ~. -.
~ - v nm pus
SNNs my enAPsoyeu ~ Pso.e
nolM perpcrs VINO managed the puphc
palma Ono oieur champagne was sent
fos ~ al the Courts OF Europe, and, 70
uso nls own expression, worked uPon. AL
me royal and princely heads The wig
makers nad their share In this success, n
sne mania Tor faiso hair was SO great thatn
theoiogian, one Jean Baptiste
lniers' wrote a long ESSAY. to show that ar
uneiA. mar was an outrage 70 God, because
~ 9istorted the person whom lie had made
In nus own image"
In the eighteenth century France began
70 copy rrom other nations, and IN lIl6
Engiisl ladies' appeared IN Paris with
pennier dresses, the hoops having q cir
cumference OF twelve Feet This fashion
gave rise to an incident which created q
great commohon both at court and among
INC nobiiity, as well as in Government cir
olss' According to etiquette, the Queen,
vnen sne went to the play, was aecompan-
ied oy TWO OF Inc royal processes. who
were seated right and left of her. 1t was
found, however, that the nooP-dresses OF
nc princesses spread out IKE fans conceal
~ ~ queen nom tns view Oh ner nege
s~1olecusi so cardinal fieury decided thai Tor
10y Lusaie me chairs should remain unoc-
oeP'eo- Inc processes would only &C.
syss.ss MINIS arrangement upon condition
ss.;. snoaia be a row OF unoccupied
49,. = ween .nem and the duchesses,
49,. rear. Inc husbands OF the
49, fsoa aga,nst TINS as an insult TO
pamphlet. which, after being CONDEMNED
y INC Parliament, was burned by the public
During the minority of Louis
A. me ancienf mode OF dress remained
M vogue, but Montesquieu introduced Eng
nsn fashions, and the redingote (riding-
ooet) made its appearances In 1880. Adver-
arcs o. what Vas termed Anglomania met
tns redingote with TIE hdcf a Ia Jrdncaise,
ane, @ s4ow thas shey were no Puritans,