New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-12-27
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Tho Assthetics Of Dress.

Man may Us divided in several class.
as: Those who dress we'll by instinct,
those who are dressed well by their tall
dfA and those who ignore taste and
tailor 1t is fine art worthy Of the
consider it. has received at the
hands Of Mr.. Elihn Vedder, the artist,
{ WHO discOurses wisely and pleasantly
Alter this manner:
.sFor centuries we have cut and
shipped and spoiled good cloth, and
Will TOR centuries to come. IdOn't see
: but what we do it as we'll now as ever.
!. viii admit though that mans dress
IS hopeless II never feel well dressed
except in fancy dress then I suit my
jself-and when I am in swimming.
Then j feel like a man. Look at this
Turkish garment; it makes fine bath
ing dress, and in Turkish toweling it
would be stunning (The garment in
question was plain white tunic, not
unlike some of MI. Millet's costumes
ut is cut in only two places those for
the hands to pass through. See what q
tine thing it is when I put it on. What
folds! A man is dressed in it. Now
nothing could be better, but it doesn't
. suit our climate
20 dress suitably one must take in
to the account all the conditions. Each
person should consider first his needs.
then his individuality. One must study
ones self, and then dress as one thinks
best. That is the way to be pictur-
esqne. The Contadini don't know why
they are 'paintable.'. And, by the way,
we should always want picturesqueness
IN another country than our own. Look
alta railway train in this country empty
ing itself of people. They are not pic
tnresque, but the Contadini would saw,
Whore are all the poor?'''.
~ In dreo~ you want specially to con.
trast breadth with small lines, and there
sAbuld always BE- some spot on which
to rest the eye; just as in the face We
have the cheek. In the draperies of my
figures, which are, heaven knows! in
little relation to fashionable dress, that
is the theory of their construction. This
same balancing of lines, which makes
Greek dress or any loose drapery beau
tiful, Is just as necessary in tighter
draperies. There was tight dress
worn by women not long ago, which
was excellent" (Mr. Vedder's knowl-
edge of dress does not seem to include
technicalities, but this pantomime evi.
IDENTITY referred to tho princesse dress,
which, it seems, commends itself to all
artists.) Anything which suggests
the beauty of the form is commendable.
Who knew there were so many finely
rounded arms until women took to
tight sleeves? Even if the arm is thin
it still shows character. and that gives
il value. The same is true of knee
brooches. l admire them. II O man
has good leg, how fine they are! II
he hasn't, all the same they are attract.
i've, because they discover the form,
and that shows the man. You have
probably noticed, since young fellows
have taken to knickerbockers and
Scotch caps, how much more interest
ing illustration has become, in Black 8
novels for example. All this individu-
atty in dress is a great help to artists,
but we can't push things. To be well
dressed is to be in harmony with ones
surroundings and with ones self.
"Take natural grace, for example,
which is the most exquisite thing in the
world. A woman who has this su.
preme gift can put . handkerchief
around her neck and knot it on her
breast, with q rose in the knot, and
nothing can be more lovely. But every
we:..:an can't do this, for natural grace
is something which cannot be acquired.
Every woman must study her own
style. The trouble is that this requires
thought. People conform to and fol-
low the fashions because they are too
lazy to think.
The general artistic progress of this
cOuntry-that which has given new in
terest to our homes-is seen in the COL
Ors which arc now used in dress. As
an artist I approve Of the tints and the
harmonies which we now see in the
shop windows. Nobody can object to
them. l don't see but that the whole
matter is going on all right, provided
only that women forswear hoops. II
they 60 back to crinoline then the case
is indeed hopeless