The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-08
wOmen's Attire.

Philadelphia Inquirer
A good deal Of scorn is heaped upon the
woman who, as the saying goes, is pinned
together" She is put down as untidy and
lazy and generally shiftless. The scornfuI
critics do not stop 10 consider that the
most artistic French dresses and hats are
seldom well made" that, graceful and
lovely as they are, the mere stItchery is
very light and unreliable. apt 70 give at
any moment. French hooks and eyes, frills
and bows are all apt to come off after one
wearing. Mere sewing is not the artistic
thing for which one pays exorbitant prices.
Any little convent girl can sew well.
The great couturiere charges for def
touches. inspired adjustments, graceful
drapery. beauty OF outline. Many Of these
effects depend on the pin. Clothes should be
put on with art as well as made with skill
There is more affinity in the cunning fold
placed with the aid Of pin than there is in
rows of mere strong stitchery.
Personality cannot be expressed in a
frOck that any other woman could dupli-
cate. 1t must have special touches Of its
own, and II cannot have these IL the woman
who wears It despises the use of the pin.
Many women spend large sums on their
clothes and never seem on good terms with
them. Their frocks are very we'll made
too well made 10 have any subtlety or IL
fusion. Every fold is in place. Every frill
u.
Everything is so firmly sewed that no
mystery can Turk IN fold, and no express
sion lie in the curves or lines Of skirt
When you have once seen toilet, there IL
ends; the second time you are deadly tired
Of IT, and finally it gets on your nerves
How you long to see a little difference in
the bodice, curve in the sleeve that you
had not noticed before! But all this would
mean Imagination or pins
Consequently the notion OF a pin is alb
hOrrent; IL is unttdy, the dressmaker has
not done her work properly, she has been
paid for something for which she has not
given full value
As 10 millinery-look at the French hats
The Paris milliners blow them together
and there is no doubt that the stitching
viii not endure or last long. Consequently
foreign dressing can only be appreciated
by the exclusive few-just those dear fas-
cinating women who understand not only
the art or dressing, but the art OF putting
on their clothes, wherein the great mystery
lies.
They will have a supreme cut. but thu
folds and the hundred and one little mys-
teries of lace. chiffon, etc, will be left to
the poetic genius, assisted by pins of vari-
Gus shape. size and design. With the use
OF the pin we get variety. while in the
solidity OF thread and needle it is hardly
ever TO be found
Women should recollect that in the sordid
actually OF dress there is neither art nor
beauty.
styIe is infinitely more difficult TO pro-
cure than fashion-one is a triumph Of
the mind; the other is always procurabIe
with gold. No other attribute is so necI
Earys 10 those VINO WISH 10 De well dressed,
as good style, but it is generally inherent
and only TO be found in the woman who
possesses Imagination, and can therefore
rise above mediOcrtty.
You can call it chic II you like, but
neither style nor chic can be obtained in
present-day dressing without the aid OF the
despised pin.
The woman who says she never uses
pin Is hopeless; she might as well say she
does not wear cOrsets.
When you have looked long and critically
at such a woman you will realize that
nothing matters; her clothes cover her,
and that IS all one can say
Her dressmaker may be more or less OF
a genius. and Will stitch the draperies so
that they suit her fairly WELL the stuff
may be pretty and the style unobeJction-
able-what there IS OF It; IL only lies with
the dressmaker, and she has had TO firmly.
stitch her best aspirations. Consequently
there is g certain suggestiveness Of heavy
baked pudding throughout.