Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-01


light blue crepe de chine satin. The
skirt Is heavily embroidered with tur-
quoise and little gold stars; all the
seams are embroidered with turquoise
The yoke is transparent, trimmed In
duchesse lace. A large pale blue hat,
trimmed in ostrich feathers, goes with
this costume. Friday evening the fa-
nous gold gown will be worn.
All Hand Embroidered
"All Of my gowns are, of course,
hand-embroidered. / would never wear
anything imitation, no matter what It
was. The gold gown is heavily em-
broidered over the chest like a coat of
mail, and the embroidery goes down to
the skirt. ending in big flowers. With
this I shall wear a white moire hat,
trimmed in a curly bird of paradise"
Saturday evening Miss Morosini will
wear her $4,000 white baby lamb cos
tune. Like all of her gowns this is
made princess, and with IL goes a long
baby-lamb coat, a baby-lamb toque,
trimmed with the feathers of the Tyre
bird. Saturday morning she will wear
a sage-green velvet princess and In the
afternoon an American Beauty velvet,
embroidered in orchids.
DO | enjoy my clothes? OF course
do said Miss Morosini. "I delight in
the minute detail of a perfect costume.
American women are coming to give
more attention to details. Why, there
was time when they wore black shoes
and hose with light gown
MY shoes, of course, are an item in
my expenses, as have a pair to match
every gown. They cost me $50 pair.
/ have about fifty pairs a year.
Stockings? Why, l couldn't tell you
how much | pay for them a year. I
wear SO many. ] pay from 81 for the
plain black silk ones up to $50 a pair.
DO | ever wear a mended stocking I?
Never! Nor do 1 ever wear pair of
gloves twice. AS 1 pay 81 a pair for
my gloves that amounts to over $1640 a
year
There are so many little expenses I'm
a well dressed woman's wardrobe that
we can scarcely itemize. For instance,
handkerchiefs alone take good
amount. My single handkerchiefs cost
from $25 to $100 each, and the tiny ones
L put in my gloves cost from $5 to SIC
apiece.
$4,000 Year for Lingerie
Lingerie is an important item and
one which every well dressed woman
loves My lingerie costs me in the
neighborhood of $4,000 year. Person
ally J. do not care for furs, but they
are necessary to ones wardrobe. 1
have just purchased a new sable coat
and muff and ermine coat. Furs' cost
makes an item OF, about $4,000 a year.
II have received letters from people
criticising me for my reckless expendi-
ture on clothing, but I do not agree
with them in thinking that 1 am doing
wrong. My spending this money for
clothing keeps hundreds of people EN-.
ployed. What would the work girls
do if they had no rich to work for?'
Miss Morosinis charities around the
Morosini home in Riverdale are we'll
known, and, as she says. there is no
gown, no matter what it costs, that
curtails her charity expenses. She has
gained the name of the best dressed
woman in New York.
In two points Miss Morosini is uni
form-the evening gowns are all
princess, and the morning and afternoon
costumes-the horse show or suspender
gown-are made with the half princess
back
Although Miss Morosini allows 5000,
900 for clothing to a fashionably dressed
woman, she admits her annual ex
penditure could not come within those
limits.
Aside from keeping money in circu-
lation," said Miss Morosini, 'I believe
from an artistic standpoint it is every
woman's duty when she has the money
to dress as beautifully as possible. De-
tails of costume are as important as
details of decorations on households.
regard it as woman's duty to dress
as beautifully as her purse allows"