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The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Oct 22, 1912

Page

11

What Has Become of the American Dube A Dandy of Yesteryear

In Paris M Le Bargy declares the best dressed man spends a minimum $6 000 annually on clothes. Broadway and avenue fashion minds recall E Berry Wall Harry Lehr and John Drew as bygone icons. An authority at the Plaza notes morning to evening suits costing about 125 85 each, waistcoats from 10 to 30, shirts 5 to 25, socks 1 to 3 a pair, and overall stock values reflecting current sartorial extravagance.

Yesteryear Paris M. le Bargy Broadway Avenue E. Berry Wall Harry Lehr John Drew E. Berry Europe America New York

Wily Chaperone Has No Chance In Fashion Trend

The article notes a new fashion idea where ladies in love begin to illuminate their hair with electric bulbs. Tiny batteries carried in a corsage would switch the lights on, creating artistic designs as part of the smart set's hair styling craze.

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Electrically lit hair fashions promise glowing romance

A foreign inventor touts electric coiffures where bulbs woven into hair create aurora effects around a woman. Lights switch on and off at a gesture, enabling private brightness in crowds, with chain switches near the ear and hats housing batteries for constant power.

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