The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-12
FASHIONS MADE BY CHANCE
THE JERSEY DGE TO 4 QUEgNS
FISHING TRiP.

An Accident 70 FngeRle's GSWn Was
Re-psasIhls Ter = New Decsraiioa.
u 10 diaioult ~ rraliIs that any reasOna-
be iafusncos have catered into the de-
sigma of the dress thas WOmen are wear
ing az present, yet neither the wide
brlnlmed hats nor the tight hottomed
skirts belong 10 the class VI Terminus
modes created by accident. Some Of
The fashions thai we're most admired in
thrir days. hoWey-r. are said 10 have been
wholly the result VI sccideni.
There 10 nothing more In demand nova
days than The silk ribbon for the hair,
although this bscOming device vas I'M
knoWn until the beaWtil'h Princess dc
Iamballe accisentally gave Il 70 crate
Tul feminine world. Que day. ~ runs
this legend Of feminine srnartneaa. She
lovely Princess went huFrisdly on hunt
ing party aud in the excitement u the
chase her hat with lie long dropping
plume ZEN On and Il was not possible 10
stop 90 recover Il where the acciden,
happened. When the party did come TO
a han the hat was far behind and there
was no means Of Esitlng Il In time for the
Princess 20 arrange her hOwing hair and
10 on with the hunt. So she took on her
pale blue garter Of silken ribbon and with
that tied bach her rebelliOua locks.
The Queen Mother of England was
responsible for the popularity of several
fashions ia earlier days. Il is perhaps
NOT true that q scar on her neck led her
10 wear the iswelle,i dog collars which
she 80 much affected. although u IL true
that they we're never 20 much worn until
she appeared in them One style always
associated with her was the pony bang
which femininity % all countries and
even men in some Of them wore in the
baginning Of the los One Of her maids
OF honor. who like the rest % the world
at that time was devoted TO crimps.
vas deprived through the Carelessness
oT a maid Of her front hair, at least OF
all 81 Il that had served 10 supply her
With curis. The too hot cTimping iron
lad done the business 30 effectively
that this young woman could not do more
than brush her hair down straight over
her brow until IL stopped Just above her
eyebrows or brush Il straight back. which
in those days was accounted = style Of
hopeless old maidishness. when Queen
Alexandra. who was then only Princess
of Wales. saw the plight 81 her friend
phe Immediately said that she would FOL
low the same couture ~ she had her
hang cut straight Oh. brushed Il down
a. o. "a Lad
from one end OF Europe 10 the other.
II vas also by an uninteuuonal act OF
IN. then Princess ~ Wales that tho jersey
which all English women and some ~
other nations sore Ia the late '7o~ came
into existence. One day while In the
country she Was seized wi'h the desire
10 40 fishing iu one ~ the mountain
streams near the estate in Scotland
where she vas staying. II happened that
her wardrobe provided nothing appro-
pirate and one Of her maids Oi nOnOr went
10 the nearest town 10 procure something
for the excursion There was nothng
I there that was IN the least appropriate
cgcrBt a garment that happened 20 he In
tended for n man
The maid - honor bought IL. however
had " carried hack 20 the castle In which
B the Princes vas stopping and % vas worn
/ II Was = knit Jacket 81 the Kind that
frankly revealed the figure and was later
.nown - the Jersey The Princess wore
a. and enough women suw her 10 be sur
/ ptis.d a. the new style and 10 create a
I demand Tor o.
Another Empress Was responsible for
many stylss which she deliberately set
nut 10 make popular and also for several
which accidentally gained theiC favor
through her This vas Eng@nie One
IL thes- resulted from 4 rOmp with the
Young Prince lmp-riai which took place
Nhen he Was sdll Young enough &C. enjoy
ulavinE soldier His mother who wanted
~ represent an English soldier while
hs was a Frruchman. picked up red
cover from q table aud threw ~ over her
shoulders o. serve A. the scarlet tlnic
worn Nv the British iBfart-v. Just ~
the height II the game on ~ her couri
ladies entered the room Imitation ~
the beautiful Empress was az that time
the usual way of hattsring her. and A.
This count ladN believed that she had seen
the Emprs-z in her hurried glance Near
inE a Jacket n scarlet. she ordered one
aud tlle Gai ibaldi Jacket Which was QUE
nf the smart modes ~ tho second Empire
came into existence
Another fashion Nhich was laid 10 the
credit ~ the Empress kuRfnie had never
bss.n thought " before by the PROBES
-iunal designers One night she was Ia .
IN dressing for n state dinner 10 he give
IN honor ~ the Priuce Of Wales aud Alei.-
andra. who were AZ that time N Paris.
Fug-nie had pat Oh a gown ~ white lace
thai Tell IN hOuucss IRON her waist and
was made altogether II laos. She vas
surveying herself IN the mirror IN the
pr-sence Ut her maids when she suddenly
discovered thst from a bottle 81 liquid
rouge which she had had in her hands
there mad fallen drops on different points
ol her gown II was too late Tor her a.
change u and the Empress had her maid
pin artificial ruses over every STAN. The
result was a delightfully."- informal deco
ration II the gown which IN those days
II somewhat conventional dress delighted
the women Worth and some of the other
famous dressmakers who had begun IN
make their regulations just az that period
were soon turning out gowns with roses
and other artificial towers scattered at
irregular spots over them To this day the
Paris dressmakers use this style IRE
Only a few wears ago the beautiful
Countess CastiGliOne died In her apart
ments on The Place VendOme adjoining
the street in Paris which hears the same
name that she did For years she had
never left thisapArtm@nt nor had anybody
seen her except by the light that she al
lowed in her drawing room after night
fall
/ In the same davs ~ the Second Empire
that proclaimed Eugene her fame a. =
beauty was only second 60 that Of tho
sovereign and u was within her power
20 invent a mode so she invented the
little rimlesa hat which the pictures 81
beauties Of thai day 80 often show. u
was not alone Ia CastaghOne who invented
this fashion. but she had the aid Of q dog
IL h.r.r.l-.M 10 La 81 81 ILnLIn IN The