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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1905
Page
6
Fashion notes describe dainty delicate attire for formal occasions, praising lace gowns, satins, and brocade with fine detailing. It highlights garments from veiled dinners to public dining wear, noting slender silhouettes, square necklines, and period bodices while contrasting lavish fabrics with restrained elegance.
The piece surveys recent fashion shifts with lingerie gowns, matching hats, and the new dinner jacket gaining Parisian vogue. It notes sleeve shapes like the gigot and the impact of posture on silhouette, plus lace fabrics, embroidery styles, and lace parasol accessories shaping the season’s refined outdoor and indoor ensembles.
The crude OCR reads as a promotional notice for underwear and dry goods. It asserts a right sort and prised quality, typical of late 19th or early 20th century retailer language. The fragment mentions The Rurode Dry Goods Co. as the seller.
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