New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-05
MUD AND PETTICOATS."
AN INTERVIEW WITH THE sHAPELY SKIRT Az
ISOLATION.
From The Pail Mall Gazette.

From The Pail Mall Gazette.
The ideal of Mrs. Slopes Is being slowly realized
skirts has set dressmahers thinking Women arc
getting rather tired wearing dresses mat the
rhes of tie navemenr or else necessitate the
carrying several pounds Of material by holuhs het
dress up TO avoid the London mud. But you can !
avoid il with dress of the ordinary length Slowly
but surely il begins TO cake on the edge Oi the sk'
bespatters the boots soils the stockings, and renders
woman an object Of misery, martyr TO an men 700
much of material. For some time me Pateht ShapeR
Skirt Association, of 3d. Cromwell road mas p Tgn
feature Of It Is ths-that it is without foundation.
is made within three or four inches S Ime gthnu
being ugly. In fact II Is very pretty dress. Mde
Goldschmdt the founder OF the latent shapey SKIRT
worked writes a representative when paid her "A
visit the other day Her establishment Is very large
one, and she told me that at the present moment se
had twenty dresses 10 complete a rousseau
But here Is the shapelN skirt she SAID, ana she
brought ont smart neatly made Walking dress oI
ble serge "This is made for walking in the country
and stands four inches of the ground. A dress iof
walking i'm London would be made an inch longer.
As matter of fact they are usually made TO the top
edge OF low shoe lOmepuns and tweeds are cohsld-
cred little smarter than blue serge. and the former
materials are usually ordered by country wearers.
The skirt is either Killed or plain lttle outdoor
Jacket usually accompanies the dress, and worn open
In front il displays a wastcoat either Of check suede
or white material In fact, the costume can be varied
by as many costumes as the wearer llkcs."
- Do Won fnd heavy demand for the dress -
Well we hope for more appreciation when IL Is better
known several descriptions of jackets may be worn
with il. Here IS one. yon see; with Norfolk Jacket
we have made a dress Of this pattern for FTaulein
Model The German companion 20 the Prince of Wacs's
daughters. Lady Carew dhe Carews Of Devonshlre)
also wears the dress, and we make IL for Lady Har
burton She Is little difficult 10 it, however as she
doesn't wear cOrSets. For women we make cloth
lnckerb0ckcrs the same shade the dress and then
nndersklrts are dispensed with. Then spats can be
worn In London and CATERS in the country.
think" added Vine. Goldschmidt that the writer OF
The article In THE Pail Mall rather exaggerated the
advantages of short skirts. IL Is not necessary for
woman 70 skirt up to her knees in order to to
three or four inches off the ground to keep perfectly
clean -. ..o.r oh,cct to oven fonr inches M
s ocomnIan OF dress when il makes them look short
ere Is no overlooking the fact that they do But at the
same time they appreciate the aqvantages OF always
being clean and srnarty uresseo' hscau Vi ociub uh
tidy and mud spattered :, 4. ,,o. ,.,,,. A., =.
would shorten dress temporary te & az, dS% were,
40 o,ne dresses so that could draw up the
~ or of dress several inches from the ground. But
this gave ungraceinl 0pSueq poa % 10 .c
hack and n woman would have ~ take on her bodice
when She got indoors TO let down the back again The
tapes were of no use II ram came 9n euGocH; pe
cause she couldn't get at them Inere IS hothlng
made in the nature OF dreSslooper; Years ago
clasps To catch up the back or side OF dress were
used They were fastened by a cord to The waist.
is no way either OF carrying dress with ease. To
hold IL up behind is hard. The best way II 1t must be
carried is 10 bring it, in h1nch 10 the side Dresses
are more difficult 10 carry than they were. because
when steels were fashionable woman had something
10 hold her skirt up by. Even II yOu wanted 10 hold
up Of shapelv skirts there Is this ahvantaee-
pounds OF underskirt by the absence Of Foundation.
DO Won claim other ADVANTAGES for the SKIRT ?"
" Yes. golf and tennis can be PLAYED with ease on
wet grOnnd It's advantages for Walking apparent.
Last hut not least II will enable English N
pet rid OF the Idea In the minds OF foreigners that
English women have big feet