FEMININE ATTIRE.

North Otago Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8124, 8 November 1894, Page 1

FEMININE ATTIRE.

A great revolution in feminine attiro i,» being accomplished silently and unobserved. A fashion writer in an English paper says : "In a short timo I look for tho abolition of tho word • petticoat ' in both its actual and symbolical eenso. Tho petticoat has bocomo tho underskirts in common parlanco, and now the underskirt is vanishing. Worn« j n who ' dre^s ' in tiro sonso which all women understand, oven thoso who from circumstances or indifference only 'wear clothes,' havo abandoned tho undershiits, and aro wearing knickerbockors, ' although.' says Mrs Humphrey's, ' tho change is unperceived by tho public at large.' It has now become a regular case of supply and domand, and many of tho best West End dressmakers aro turning out knickerbockers with walking costumes, travelling drosses and tennis skirts, Tho favorite material for summer wear is silk, and for ordinary occasions light cashmere, cloth, tweed or homespun. I obsorved somo of tho best dressed women at a largo garden party tho other day, discreotly but curiously, and I was obliged to acknowledge that that abolition in its turn of tho successor to the petticoat has added to tho freedom of movement and good * carriage ' of the girls of tho poriod, and I am assured of tho incrcaso of comfort it has oltected So, I suppose, it would bo irrational to rogret tho doraiso of a time-honored garment, especially as the substitution of tho knickerbocker seems to offer security against tho roturn of tha crinoline"

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