Strawbridge & Clothier's quarterly . WHITE COSTUMES. (For description, see next page). STRAWBRIDGE & CLOTHIERS QUARTERLY. 133 WHITE HERE was a timewhen a fewstrokes of thepen would havebeen all - suffi-cient to describea white dress. Itwas a simpleaffair, pleated atthe waist; fin-ished round thebottom with halfa dozen tucks;and ornamented, perhaps, with a fewbright-hued ribbon bows. That being all,it was easy to describe. But the ever-revolving wheel of fashion has broughtabout a change. There is, I think, nobetter instance of the present latitudeof fashion than the white dress of t
Strawbridge & Clothier's quarterly . WHITE COSTUMES. (For description, see next page). STRAWBRIDGE & CLOTHIERS QUARTERLY. 133 WHITE HERE was a timewhen a fewstrokes of thepen would havebeen all - suffi-cient to describea white dress. Itwas a simpleaffair, pleated atthe waist; fin-ished round thebottom with halfa dozen tucks;and ornamented, perhaps, with a fewbright-hued ribbon bows. That being all,it was easy to describe. But the ever-revolving wheel of fashion has broughtabout a change. There is, I think, nobetter instance of the present latitudeof fashion than the white dress of term is comprehensive. The gorgeouscreation of sheeny satin, soft lace, crystal-bedecked passementerie, and snowy rose-buds, that Madame Richesse wears to themid-winter assembly, is a white dress; thedainty unadorned gown of sheer mull inwhich little Miss Simplicity courts the Augustbreeze, is a white dress too; and DameFashion smiles approval equally upon themassive satin and the sheer mull. It is only within the past few years thatwhite has been so popular. It sprangsuddenly into favor, and found a firm foot-ing, threatening
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