Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-04-20

~'tA " NHuubch IN WOmau'R
pressing that have taken place are
me reflections, as IN a mirror. of the
uluerent steps In the development az
the tair sex. Given a prominent
period In the history or women. the
aress OF the men OF the time. and
one can guess fairly accurately tho
costume of the women.
IN the ancient nations thar reached
a high state Of civilization. woman
attained In several cases an eonaI
roofing with man. Wherever this hap
pened, the dressing Is quite similar.
The Egyptian woman Gig ID, for
Instance, wore tunic exactly ike
the mens, only her sash was lied.
The Greek women wore most
beautiful flowing gowns. alahorataly
figured and bordered, at one and the
same time both simple and complex.
The full long skirts and general ahun-
dance OF material OF figure 2 may
have been inccayenient, but the cos
tunes were extremely picturesque and
probably entirely satisfactory con
siderins the climate and tho needs OF
the time The women Of the eastern
countries had similar tunic, more
deliberately Ornamented In rich pat
erns and confined at the waist by
girdle. The women Of Rome dressed
very much like those OF Greece.
After the fall OF the Roman en-
pire In 1896. some form OF the tunIc
or long, loose gown, short upper tunic
and hood prevailed uptil the Norman
conquest In 1866. The most marked
change previous to this period was
the development of the sleeves which
lifted closely down the whole length
OF the arm and then continued on
abnormally until knot had TO be
tied In them TO prevent stumbling
over them, or else they terminated IN
bag or pouch at the waist
With the advent OF the NOrmans,
the men inaugurated their extravaganza
era OF dress. but II took about a cen
fury for the women to iorsake their
old simplicity. The sleeves again
became elongated and were made OF
a different color from the dress, thon
the hair was braided In long pinlts
that hung down the back or over the
shoulder aud waa often incased In a
sllken sack. finished with q tassol Al
the end. The gown became immod-
erately long.
By the latter part OF the thirteenth
century the tunic had change 20 a
waist with loose sleeves |
and long trained skirt The ex-
cesslve amount OF cloth used IN the |
costume caused harsh ccnsure from |
In l.a.
teenth century the ladies had started /
out fairly on their career Of eatraya'
gance. Figure wears long gown 4
covered by a tlghl-fiiting upper tunic. /
she seems very proud Of her gloves.
Her headdress has grown very ex-
ireme, being arranged IN q net with
TIVE streaming cOntOlse.
Now neck and neck with the mas
Guline element In 0stentatious dress
ing. the women pass the men by
head-dress Of such huge size
thar II Ia hard 10 hellvo they were
ever worn. Figure 4 head-dress was
actually worn and many even moro
extreme.
The skirts became very voluminous.
fastened at the waist with wide bells
pl contrasting color Tho waist was
open al the neck and had light sleeves
with huge turnhack cuffs Tall
iieenleohase hats with soft flowning
scaris Of gauze, though grolcsque, are
artistic In coparAlon 20 the horned at
fairs so much worn BY Figure s.
When the great vain Queen Eliza
beth ruled In England another mark
ad change took place in the style OF
wOmons dressing The very hlgh
waist limo dropped TO very long.
pointed one, the aiomaoher came into
vogue. the sleeves grew light and
long. and a great ruff OF terrible pro /
portions adorned the neck. while tho
skirt became stiff and round Ike a
bee hive With a slit up Tho trout
showing a richly embroidered petit.
cOaL (Fig. 80
But the hoped poiticOai continued
10 spread until IN l7iO-i7l5 It could