, 1881-07-30
HOOP-sKIRTs IN FASHION.
A Sudden Demand that the Factories
Cannot Nreet-The Now Htylc.


Cannot NIcet-Tlse Now NtYle.
Nttp York Sun, July a.
Foreign papors report thlt, in opposiuon ia
tho limp. lauk skirt Of tho oBthete, tha rar!slun
Moliats are bringing forward tho urlnolct,
which IL simply rov!vnl uf tho huop-skIrt. Tho
shops in this city ara apA!n displaying hoop
Bkirts. and report a.N0ol salo for thnm. At onu
time hoop-Bkfrt tnnnufaotories wcro numcrous,
and q largo capital wns engaged la tho business.
Since tho hoop.sktrt went out OF fashion tho
factories have noarly ell dlsappcared, and tho
capital has Eono Into ether enterprises. Mr..
-- said ycstorday.,
u rcto,!cot tho time whom we employed 200
That was ,dnr,ns tho yer, h,ls about tses lho
a ny 1 il hsr wns an trnsqmt ;1n rSva n
now the hoop.sktrt trade has boen 4 very e1nnll
nart q @ our bus,iess. We have always con
orders every nDw mud thnn, mnslly from Tho
South md Wcat. Some ladies' have nevor alyon
up Tue tise ct the i.op.sktrt vt !; but they hayc
agstp: Tho demand mas sprnng .Hip SO suddenly
a,o!iths shors has seo % "a INCREASING aeinand, nt a
tho Tho local demand, we Nf have 70 I Deot1 eon9 IL
fn rom faSss isssura ey a ieTan osr
si s e. S So {s ssb so ahsfS r ut 95 tbo @ %
pussib'o to get hands enuuRh. At present VIC arc
turning out ahout 100 dozen 0 dny.
"Wof. you Enow % Won II fashnn y S1Iu1s runs into OK
trnmrs there ID lkgy to be II vlo!ent rcautiou.
Moop-skirts wurc driven ont OF fashiun bccIllso
the style was pushed 10 such M extrr!uc lloops
Known as 'tii,ers fady could hardly - FSt ii to 10
Suooa Srsa da GsT @ Mx se see s. sat sSM s S aet
gar: Tho papers MI got to lnMklpg run q tho
tnal,lon, a!,d there xas r"actioa aEatlst hoop;
suppose, was the hard fines. It. ttH,k il great
dral Of fabric 10 cover thoee bg skeleton teuts,
ana thoSG ~ wy & s:asinE r. adopting narEow
mn oxtrulnc, md IL ,Ynct!on toward fuller dresses
an1 the Isoul,s Is natural.
T. s''xins ~ ieo se coss g
u nits anS o. ssfs sG sn Rrasof
skirt. with hoops occurred by broAd tapes, mid
rnS u ss9 hnt lnac. VIZ II VI TsS a ?Hp %
Inches. Now. II tho medistes do not push tio
own 70 tWe in sGSe inc
th9fs seen mss9 chnnso in the maui
a"AIl tho change ID the world. It wna In 1851
THAT hnop- lkirts FIRST cnnlc into tse. rcmem-
@ 9rea Esp st th bsy d ne Ws wspS I
,tinlrs, tho hoops inao Of bamboo, care. or rat-
kln. Iron wus considered too heilvy material.
eteel-hoops wore introduced by American
quality Of steel, II nilo too hard tho stcel
would snap, and Il too soft tho hoop would bond
III wcur and lt,se Its shape. Now tho kteel Is 10
wcl tempered that tho hoop.skfrt retAins its
seapo and ut tho same timo Conforms to changes
The weight Of a skirt liko that nnw coming Into
fashion Ia loss than one fourth Of TINT OF tho Old
ssyIo q ,krt a az A., now skirt Will wear four
1t ii -'s tho salo Of boopskfrta vas roportctl
to 10 incrcaslng. " About n year ago." said tho
reporters Informant, "hoopskiris canio Into
soma denalld III eJnnccion With Btyio or
satlpr wltst and gathered skirts for young girls.
a tac ass M r. at a the ,Hs9
tho hoopskirt will bcconv fashionable agalu,
The buste Y0on.od TO ilayo pavod the way TOR 1t.
The bnstlo was gradually lcngthenod out from
a hip ptece until It oxtetlic tho length Of tho
tt.atnaIly;. 1t xas small change to mako
hustle complete circies about tho FORM
Soon tho Hhrtnent bocauo half hOop and
half hustle, about ten stccls going completely
hoops, onttng ut tho side tApes. Thu hoops keep
the folla 0f. tha dress FROM falling III unRrncc-
tul strnEht l,,aa from tho hips, whore the drcss
Il spread out ny the buatle. AT present tho art!-
run oaiy hpf way Up ID front. but ii,o tondouoy
Ia toward completu skirts aKult. Tho demand
comes iron, tho best class ot customers, mud In
ns1 tns ne ,,onth 9r ak weeks our sales havo
t-'s tho lady In charge Of thut department
also rop0rtcd an increasing lelnau! Tor ho1t,-
sklrts by fashionable ladies', Thu skirt ID called
For As tln hdjunpt to tho huAtte, and Is NrrlluKe
with IuterAl partition Of tApos, 10 az to throw
the drapings aud ornaments OF The buck Of tho
skirts.