Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-06-03
DRESS OF A CENTUHF
LIKE HISTORY. ALL FAsfoNS
ARE REPEATING.

LIKE HISTORY. ALL FAsroNs
ARE REPEATING.
fseuing Dresses Of To-day INSANE as
Those Of i7os-Ths conss Of the
crlnolins-Asrs. cIsyeias ana the
BnsiIe
"a A-.x~~HE abl HAS
81 COM over from
nh PaN that the old
Irf=TIz@A tie hoops kirts
d=GS ~ erinoline, in all
vi .helr ungainliness,
"a " are TO again be
FL 0AbIs fOisted upon long
IN AHz// suffering feminin-
z9t%I4 ity Just why, no.
6i51 body knows except
1918. tina. il has been de-
cided to mike them fashionable, and
that Is cough. Already signs Of
their aplfoaeh can be discovered 10
the semi hoop.sltirts that some Of New
York progressively fashionable girls
have dopted. They are little affairs
ihYhoops, not tie girls they only
extghd for foot or 20 mp from the
bottom OF the skirt They arc simply
s.faws, but significant ones.
Lean women hail the coming again
81 tie hoopslsirt with no little salts
faction. II will supply what nature
has deniedth With sho plump WON
cn-and the average woman Of to-day Is
plump II Is quite different The tight
fitting skirts ia vogue the last two years
are much more 70 their liking. for
there is no need 10 deny that the dress
worn with foil hoop skirt Is an ngli-
mess that only long use can aceustom
lts 20. 10. Of course. tie really stylish
woman dreuds IL coming into fashion.
Fashions repeat themselves much as
history does ~ Is a rather interesting
fact 10 know that the most fashionable
evening drcss. or ball gown rather,
this winter. Is aimost an exact repro
dnctl0n 81 that worn Ia Paris by the
leaders 81 fashion during the season ~
ise4 The same high waist, puts on
the shoulders. lace capes or collars.
tails % Finish OF the bari, u thcbasque.
and long cllngsng skirts, with no hoops,
stays or cnrac,a were worn thea as
they are now The style ~ dress.
lag the haiF Was also very e.m-
liar combed over tic ears and
fastened well up On shc top a.
the bend with r.btaus interviewer. 4
glance over She iathion plates for
women during tsr last one hundred
wears shows one thsng n;orc eonspic.
uous than al che rest. and that Is the
risr and fan 81 ,ac hoop as,irl NOW Il
seems that the fashion designers have
come % ;he end 81 thelr resources aud
arr about 10 swing around tho circle
again. The evolution of ihe skirts Il
~ no means an uuintcrcsitug study
whom looked 81 down the long path.
way ~ y century. IN 1885 il was the
fashion 90 tr.m gowns with tur. os Il
j. now. Big sleeves were also then
ihc thing, aud thc ladies 80 raNs also
wore trains " hieh probably swept tho
streets as effectively ~ have those 81
New forl's fasr sex Tor Commissioner
brennan. lt was also the correct
thing then ~ now for ladies to
carry . shopping bag strung over the
arm ~ long ribbon. la 1913 most
peculiar style ot guIi dress was intro.
tuecd. lts lack ofbcauiy and Is close
approach 10 immodcsty served 20 cut
short its popularity. The fashion
plates aud old pictures show Il IN all
tts cccentrieity. II was In shape very
much like a bag The waist linc was
left entirely unmarked and the gar.
ment hung straight down from the
low neck so the ankles Around the
bottom the garment was drawn In. 80
tina, tho whole thing presented a good