Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-04-10
Why They Dress Badly.

should like to show by a few logical
reasons why the dress of the ordinary
run of English women is SO unsuceess-
full. First, because they have not nat
ural and instructive good taste. Second,
because they re use to learn from any
one else, and have no advantages in
their own country for improving them
selves Third, because theg-have no
sense of what is appropriate. Fourth,
ecause they always eNaggerate. Fifth,
because they have very little money to
spend on their clothes. / IL
When spe * of natural good taste,
I mean that fine instinct and feeling OF
the beautiful which i do not think an
English woman possesses. "A French
woman or American, living in tie wilds
OF the country, out OF the way of
fashion, will even then, by her own
natural taste, make or order to be made
pretty things, her own sense of the
pleasing and appropri~te being her
pnlys guide Then theirs refusing to
learn means that, whereas all the civil
ized world has, as long a! l can remem-
her..- gone to Paris for fashions-to
Paris, whese dress has been for CEN
turtles an art and a study, wher. artists
design dresses, where all that is clever,
and tasteful ndingenious is brought to
bear, up n. dress which they consider
such an Important ad unct to the
womah1Engfand alone refused to be
educated. America where the duty is
6O per cent.--enough to prohibit any
tlling,yqne might think-still has its
ease After case of French goods arrive
by every steamer. England has no duty,
and it is so near at hand compared with
America. and yet! -,
Then appropriateness: In France cer.
tain fabrics arr for summer. and certain
for winter, not difficult or irrational
Observation-Disclosures stuifs for. summer,
and straw ha and bonne's. To winter
belong fur, velvet cloth, in fact. heavy
materials-of course hats and bonnets
of velvet Telt, beaver etc. What do
YOU Elm England? In summer, cotton
dtesses with velvet boanets. or cotton
dresses (pink generally and fur ca es.
In winter of cour e, we reverse this,
and wear fur cloaks and straw bonnets.
think, if possible, ae>aggeration Isl
worse than anything, hat: of course it
all comes under helhead Of bad taste.
A few wears ago .foufreaW gowns, -
at is, veryt; ght fitting and clinging
In tn skirt-weresw ornssih PARIS a
year or two later they appeatel IN Lon
den-at least, year r two hitter Eng
lishwomen tied: their legs together ighti
1t wa impossible towafk; it was indie
cent, it was ugly; and il was not four
reau. When tournurss appeared in
a small silk bag file
with cot ton and scented with, iris, Just
to keep mesdrap ~ out a1ittle below
the vast in this great country there
appeared terrible and vulgar m nstrOs-
ties, not My Of 1n possible dimensions
and swaying fronside toside in TIE most
ilfdssus and ridiculous manner. but
generally making the dress stick out
at the bottom, where it was never in
instead OF at the top. The
same que tion of bad taste makes than.
if they can't afford good thing, buy
an imitation, instead of choosing some,
thing OF less expensive material and
good Of its kind; for it is true they have
cry lftle. as rule to spend on their
ell ihas, very Ii tie indeed, An Ameri-.
can woman often spends on one dress
or cloak what an English girl would,
dress herself on for a year. But You
see mention money last and taste first, 4
and am sure il is The right order to.
place them in; Tor 4 lave seen women
who spent san zen ormous amount on
their dress, and the result was net sat
isEfc4oty be cause their things sw'ere
BADLY chosen? Whereas. a little money
and great taste can often make a charmr
ing result.
Another faaltI find is that every one
here wears the same thing. THERE'S
no ariety. no origipaltSuand only one
fashi m at n time, Which is liierah ram
70 d9ath-. Remembers the ier eys, and
bonnets with an aigrette, sailor hats;
and now those hideous st al rht-brim-
med French hats, which bid fair to be |
worn byevery creature in the place.
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