THE LATEST FREAK OF FASHION.
. "Poralunes" is the name given to a recent invention of the Paris makers of fashion. It is pretended by the inventors of these " moon umbrellas," that the moon's rays areas fatal to beauty as those of the sun, as they just as readily cause a person to become moon-struck, i.e., lunatic, as the hot sunbeams , produce the sun-stroke. Whilst the sun turns the skin brown, the moon makes it dry and pale. These umbrellas are certainly recommended to visitors in the country, where moonlight walks during the bright clear nights are so much hvavour. They are made in elegant shapes out of gauze trimmed with red silk. At the same time cork shoes arc worn, which are an elegant imitation of the sabots or wooden shoes worn by the peasantry. The rustic costume consists further of silk stoclcings with red and yellow stripes, along skirt of fine linen also striped red and yellow, a large straw hat surmounted with a bunch of wheat ears, and a white muslin kerchief which is tied over the breast.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XVII, Issue 2954, 17 October 1891, Page 4
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180THE LATEST FREAK OF FASHION. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XVII, Issue 2954, 17 October 1891, Page 4
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