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Strawbridge & Clothier's quarterly (1882)

Strawbridge & Clothier · [Philadelphia : The Company] · leaf 209

An illustration from Strawbridge & Clothier's quarterly, 1882, leaf 209
arrangementof underskirts. Although short dresses are worn at danc-ing parties and in the street, trained cos-tumes still obtain for full dress occasions;and the great difficulty with a trained dressis to make it stand out gracefully. A sim-ple way to effect this, is to take two breadthsof fine… … Fig. 5.the necessity of trained skirts; but thetrained piece must be fastened carefully andstrongly to both sides of the back seam soas to prevent it from getting out of place. The beauty of a short skirt is in the even-ness with which it hangs; sagging or dip-ping ought to be avoided, if a…

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