New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-23
THE THREE GARMENT GIRL.
How One Eew-York Woman Solves the Dress
Question to Her Satisfaction.

Three garments seem an absolutely impossible
ra.-lnu- to be substituted for the ten or more
firmly established pieces OF clothing deemed tndis-
pe-szbIs By tradition TO the costume OF the fash
Ionshle young woman. but there Is a girl IN New
York vho las reduced her outfit 70 that number
Cha Is extremely up to date young woman
a artist with passion for the picturesque and an
overwhelming desire for comfort She threw away
her corsets long ago. and she has not known what
Il ts 70 Rave tight band around her waist for
years Despite this. nobody has ever had the in
pulse 70 cal her a oowdy dress reform freak"
and even her conventional corseted friends copy
her tEocs because they are pretty and picturesque
There Is nothing obviously unusual about them
They are not al al conspicuous. and they prac-
teal and even fashionable. There is nothing that
the most conventional person could object to about
them except that they have 70 De specially made
They are not so expensive as ordinary clothes.
because there are not many o. them Each in
cvlaual garment Is rather expensive because this
particular young believes II quality, but,
a there are only three pieces, the aggregate IS
less than the cost Of an ordinary outfit
The basis o1 the costume Is union suit, ike
nothing SO much n the world the first under
garments Of children Il Is composed Of q light
but strong white muslin waist joined at the waist
lie to the neither garments and bUttoned II the
manner q chi-d's night drawers. About the
waist line is strong but loose stitched band fur
nished with large fat buttons.
Over the union suit is worn e long garment Ike
Z chentse. be4ted loosely IN around the waist 10
dispose az the fitness II the proper places buttoned
uD the front and finished about the shoulders like
corset cover. and about the hem like petticoat-
There are oUttonhOles n the waist line for the but
tons On the belt CT the union suit
The sumner street dress OF the Three Garment
Cir IS short skirt made 70 conform 70 the pre-
Teil-nE fashions il every visible particular. Il diff
tsT5 only from the ordinary short skirt in that its
weight Is contr!ved hang from Lhs shoulders
instead ot the hips The sdrtband, Instead OF
fastening tightly around the waist 70 hold the
skirt II place Is furnished with buttonhoes and
burtoned neatly ali round to The buttons on the
union suit This does away completely with the
missing connections the waist line ard entirely
relieves Jhe waist OF compression and the hips
from weight
TIE Three Garment G!rT' likes blouses. but she
has some shIrtwaists. They differ from the ordl-
nary shirvwaist only IN that they are finished at
the waist line with a belt and buttoned 10 thu
skirt the outside. instead Of being tucked inside
the skirt hand Many Of them are finished about
the neck With their own little collars, which re-
GU.re only e soft tie 70 be complete Others are
finished with a neckband, and with these she
wear great variety OF turnover and rundown
collars and stocks. She does not. however, wear
anything that requires a pan. as the IhFee Gar
nenr Girl has deep rooted antipathy TO pins
Tbs summer house and evening dresses OF the
Three Garment Girl are however, her particular
triumph IN them she shines with peculiar individ
ls-ity- II is not every one who can have them.
however. for fl Is not every one who can make
them.
The basis for them IS the for her street
dresses There IS the same union suit. but the
Observation-Disclosures cover takes on another
function Il becomes also q guiMpe- II may have
long sleeves and high neck, elbow sleeves and
my V-shaped round or square low neck, or II may
be out and cut decoIletk but z g1impe IL is. on
top Of all It's other functions Sometimes II IS
made OF silk sometimes OF raw silk or pongee-for
the Three Garment Girl" IS very partial 20 raw
elk and pougee-sometirnes OF the most delicate
1lny muslin, sometimes Of the ARREST evening
fabrics. It all depends upon the kind OF q lrock
that goes IL
This frock IS made IN London by man who
made artistic dress his study when william MOTIFS
talking about furniture and hang1nGs II IS al
most impossible describe IT, as II is al a ques
tton OF line and nobody who does not understand
line conceive It from description .
II IS single garment reaching from the NECK 70
The feet simply shaped 20 the body That Is me
Only thing that describe the manner IN winch
II fits Il does not emphasize the figure II sim
ply conforms 70 the general lines, without bringing
them into undue prominence II has square
open neck finished with broad band OF some OH,
entail nbroidery and open sleeves a good ceal
Ike the kind they used 10 call bell sleeves out
not wide enough TO be called angel sleeves
asSe can be made long or short as the purpose OF
he gown varies. These sleeves are not put IN
Ike ordinary sleeves. They are cut into the
1resS. and have visible seams anywhere. JUST
above the waist line there are two short bands or
Oriental mbroidery under the arms.
A summer afternoon dress Of this kind was made
with natural color raw silk gurnpe finished about