Ball gowns for the Queen's Jubilee era described
A lengthy description of ball gowns worn for the Queen's Jubilee, noting amber transparencies, embroidery, fabrics, and styles. It covers designs by various makers, details on bodices, sleeves, sashes, and headdresses, and comments on fashion trends and Paris-London dress movements following the jubilee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sash
Berthe
Li Ig
Paris
London
Nina Goodwin
William Waldorf Astor
Bazaar Palm Reader and Fortunes at the Fair
Chicago Times-Herald report recalls a fair's palmistry tent where over $100 was earned for charity. The narrative threads a romance between Alberta and Thaddeus, with fortune telling sparking plans and questions about engagement and marriage before twenty six.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert
Hart
Alberta
Tagerton
Robvos Fortune
Thann
Empire
Alber
Times
Aleta
Chicago ‘Times-Herald
Parisian fashion notes on underwear and style
The article surveys Parisian dress and undergarments with emphasis on silvery cachemere skirts and draped front gore, new bodices with pointed belts, and lace trims. It links fashion to physical culture through Delsarte and kinesthesiology, praising healthier corsetry and comfortable lingerie in pongee and wool, while detailing trims, hats, and fabrics fit for summer gowns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Continent
Delsarte
Francois Delsarte
Peter Linge
Madame Bernhardt
To Tay
Ecru Henrietta
Ehoux
Ecru
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Mrs. Wack" Gardner
Gunns
Layodoy
Jessie Fee
Wwe
Deitle
Luce
Ivocy Sakic
Ohio
Allen
Cory Fel
Ecole
Peru
Caer
Gale Mlusitioe
Wanda
Pire
Vgc
Couarenae
Roy Bothens
Wack
Gia
Heep
Belo
Belo Weir Rhbor Alavithi, Wae Arbor Pdif At Mele Abd Cahanes
Timumtel
Amittl
Eavan
Felix
Italy
Josty
Maris Dona Pia
Sperial Highness
Countess d’Et ‘Incesses
Bulgaria
Wes Lobanoff
Radziswikt
Minsky
Russia
Pius
BoTarest
Warre
ILING
Arstad
Wien
Lionel Valle
de Nevin
Jacob Rabenson
Chicago
Ty Molhes
Iowa
Maeve
Ane
Wm.DaFols
Lette
Miss Playwell
Pott
Jack Pott
Ada Reus
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