Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-22
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New York women nave a reputation for
spending money generally on clothes. Not
long ago the statement Of one society leader
that her wardrobe cost $4,000 year was
secuted as unbelievable Now comes an
other New York woman who declares the
annual expense Of her wardrobe is near the
100000 mark
Miss Guilia Morosini, daughter of the
New York benker, former partner Of Jay
Gould, manages by the exercise of economy
and judgment TO make that sum supply
her needs.
You see when one IL permitted to in
dulge a cultivated taste or esthetic idea
without concerning oneself about the ex-
pense," said Miss Morosini, with a smile,
"a bill will run into thousands with re-
marhable rapidity. For instance, IT would
require only 100 dresses at 1900 each to
reach $4,000.
"A thousand dollars Is not an extravagant
price to pay the best Partisan dressmakers,
especially when you consider everything Is
handmade.
Indeed, a gown may easily cost from
5000 to $4,000 without in the least be-
traying its price to the casual observer. A
gown OF real lace may cost almost any
price. One hundred gowns a year was a
conservative estimate for the woman who
entertains and goes about great deal,
for some women make It a rule never to
wear the same gown a second time. The
duty on imported goods also is high.
Il designed everything l wear, for even a
consummate artist never can know what
suits you 50 we'll as you yourself know IT,
And then one must pay for the name of the
artist In gowns quite the same as in paint
ings. Paquin told me his best customers
were American women and doubtless money
is spent lavishly here because fortunes are
made 50 quickly.
'And then New York women spend more
upon their wardrobes than other women,
because we have not two seasons, but four,
and that means new gowns, hats, coats,
wraps, etc, four times a year. We must
have gowns for the country gowns for the
city, gowns for the theater, yachting, driv-
ing and automobiling, to say nothing of
reception. calling, dinner and ball gowns.
The simplest cannot be had for less than
S125 by order from abroad.
For instance, the simple muslin frock
OF yore, which was modest affair, as
sumes now the dignity of a new name in
the lingerie gown and can cost almost
any price. Formerly it was meant to stand
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hardly trust to the tub dimity 'en prin-
cesse' or Louis XVI embellished with silk
embroidery and real lace ribbons. which
cost from $3.50 to $1,000
THE hats Of today, too, are so unlike
the hats Of yesterday that one must trust
the building of a chapeau only to one who
understands his art. A fashionable woman
must pay from $35 to $50 for a hat. For,
after all, the hat is to the face as a frame
is TO the picture.
Then there is the matter OF shoes and
parasols. Fashion DEGREES shoes must
match the gown. These must be made 10
order. The parasol also must match, or be
30 constructed as to enhance the beauty of
the gown and wearer. 1t easily will cost
from SIS to $50.
You may think gloves to be a mere trife
OF the expenditure on a woman's wardrobe,
but they, too must be made to order. You
usually can count on from six to twelve
dozen pairs a year. And hose for evening
gowns may cost as high as $50 II embroid-
cred or lace trimmed.
Lingerie is no small item, for It must all
be. made by hand, and will run up to 5000
or $4,000. One must have wraps and jack
cts to suit various seasons OF the year,
and the woman with fad for furs will
have to exercise care II she wishes to limit
herself to 100000 a year"