THE WAISTLESS FROCK.
:,;.•■'■.!:;.■:■ ..; ■ .■■ -r— —\,-...;, ■>. , ; ; ... : : v ■'.. ■' .The;'.'Lady", ; says:-fr'!.That.woman is.readyto -.sacrifice, everything -to '.the .!■ Moloch ■.• ■; of ■fashion, is proved by the ; fact .that'.she- has' now; consented to sacrifice her..: waist to it. The dress which has created anew: typo-! of femininity,;known in Paris .as. ,'la' fcmnie tube, ,, is, built'straight: up and. down, with .only the; merest'indication of a .waist.' It is '.designed on the lines of .ft' l soutane or cassock, and. its ■ distinguishing mark . is! the: rigidly seye.re line : of buttons which fas'tbnos'it, or appears' to' ■ fasten it. A few years ago, if such_ ; a'- dress'i 'Unblessed 'by the priestesses of fashion,' had been brought to an, ordinary '.woman of the'world, she would have!Jaughod 'at.tlie'idea of wearing it.. .'-.'Wh'jyit has 'no. .waist,' shp would havo exclaimed, and ..'.by that exclamation would have considered that 'slie had disposed' of ■ the garment. Even now. Englishwomen are not taking to the waistless fashions _with the samo.fervour .as their, ■ Fi'ench sisters. Yet the spirit of compromise pn]y:b'ringß disaster." .. ■..•'■...'.'. .. .
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 432, 15 February 1909, Page 3
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163THE WAISTLESS FROCK. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 432, 15 February 1909, Page 3
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