Year: 1870

Dress Fashions In Europs-WiIl There be q


Revolution In Pariss


We still look to Paris as the centre, both for
conception and propagandism, of the newest
styles of costume-the material, its make up
and adornment. The world has been accus-
toned, during such number Of years past, to
accept the ipse dirit of the French modistes in
all matters appertaining to the toilet as final
that fashionable people can scarcely vest them
selves with any great amount of confidence in
tue harmony of their robng without having
first heard from the French capital Outside
peoples have been used to dress their hair In
the sheen of the gullotine and lace themselves
according to the order of the day of the bas-
tions or the tickle mood of the boulevards.
Paris thus obtained a monopoly of world
wide, omnpresent interest OF this Paris
made money, founded name and a reputation.
Like all great monopolists Paris has of late
become tyrannical as to the PRONUNCIATION of
the mode and whimsical In its notions OF its
elaboration and trimmings. Paris has thus
involved great many persons OF all countries
in heavy expense, given rise to host OF imi-
tators of her fashions at distance, and thus
really demOralized the public taste in matters
of dress to very considerable extent
Instead of being natural and taking the fig
leaf of the first lady in Eden as standard
for simple elaboration towards complete and
becoming vesture, the female world has to
very great degree become Partisan on the sub
Ject OF dress and almost abandoned its own
originality of invention of style for an incom-
plete imitation of what was really had and
worn before.


War is grand revolutionzer, however
Great national interests have been frequently
lost during the campaigns of armies, and new
ideas have been often brought forth and
matured into facts during the booming of the
guns Of battle. England took advantage Of
the American civil war to almost sweep the
commercial flag of the United States from the
ocean and to attract the shipbuilding interests
Of the world to her own rivers. We lost our
rival gained. AS it has been with the canvas
of the American ocean marine, so it may be,
perhaps, with the dress rig interests of Paris
during the present struggle with Prussia.
They may pass from the French city. They
may be transferred to New York. Americans
have never been jealous or envious as a people
of other nations. With the French they have
been always friendly. But if the French will
continue to alright Fashion from her Paris
sanctum by the roar of artillery, we do not
see why New York-victorious in war, rich in
greenbacks and specie, refined in taste, and
with most magnificent park for the display
of every description of dress-should not
tender the goddess sanctum. We are ready
to afford shelter to the Pope, who will, no
doubt, If he should come among us, comfort us
as to the hereafter. Why not, also build up
native temple to Fashion, who will both
adorn us in the present and enable us to i'm
pose pantaloons and petticoats on the Old
World.


In the meantime we publish to-day special
report of the latest utterances of Paris on the
subject of dress-of robes, of laces, of hats,
Of Shoes of trimmings and of diamonds.
s'Bismarcks," il is almost needless to say, are
''gone OUT in France, and the fall styles were
s'coming out" at court and in the opera
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