A PETTICOAT POEM.
. Fashion experts predict tho impending doom of the Diiectoire modes, arid the consequent revival !of 'the "tempestuous" petticoat; As :a" matter ; 'of 'fact, this great dress designers aro trying-, to: combine a .•skirt", that gives tho impression of a willowy figuro, and at time permits of. the undorskirt with the frilly;flounces, which as so effoctivb as well as':necessary to comfort;.'. On this topic a writer iri. a recent number. of London "Punch" discourses in tho following'strain j "Gossamor ■ petticoats,- frothy frivolities, Thrilling with'pleasure.wo greet you again;' Long have,we missed your ebullient'qualities Whilo at the top pf the cupboard you've lain; , ; Ruches and rtjclce. Gathers-and tucks, Dear to our ankles your sorcery still is; j-JBxtra large . feet. • Shrink. and .look heat Framed: by your fluttering tumult of frills. Sisters, have done with tho cult of the sinuous, Struggle! 110 moro to bo straight up and down, Aim not at figures austerely continuous, Curveless in profile from slipper to crown, Paris declines , ■ Skimpy; designs, - - Skin-fitting.toi^fe/ln-weight a few ounces;Granting," instead, . Garments that sptead, . Friogoil by a lluttex of filler ee flouncoal"
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 609, 11 September 1909, Page 11
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181A PETTICOAT POEM. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 609, 11 September 1909, Page 11
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