. Another fashion epoch for 1909 . Original Faskions m tnc Days of Louis XV ^ XVI N the reign of Louis XV the panier ap-peared for men as well as women. Onthe street a woman with one of the panierskirts occupied from right to left aboutsix feet of space. It was impossible totrace around her a circle less than eigh-teen feet in circumference. About 1730 these paniers be-came enormously extravagant in size. The need of exag-gerating the paniers created the full gown that had abroad pleat falling from the shoulders, which gave a cer-tain effect of elegance. Paniers werefinally sup-presst at theth
. Another fashion epoch for 1909 . Original Faskions m tnc Days of Louis XV ^ XVI N the reign of Louis XV the panier ap-peared for men as well as women. Onthe street a woman with one of the panierskirts occupied from right to left aboutsix feet of space. It was impossible totrace around her a circle less than eigh-teen feet in circumference. About 1730 these paniers be-came enormously extravagant in size. The need of exag-gerating the paniers created the full gown that had abroad pleat falling from the shoulders, which gave a cer-tain effect of elegance. Paniers werefinally sup-presst at thetheaters, aslarge hats aresuppresst to-day. Marie Lec-zinska, wife ofLouis XV, in-troduced a fewPolish fashionsinto France—the p o 1 o n -aise amongthem, & man-tles of satinwhose twopoints, finishtwith passemen-terie, were ^-^^^^ about the waist. La Marciuise dAnUn— X(7//iff
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