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Pierre, Hughes County, South Dakota
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Historical fashion article highlighting the continued popularity of large sleeves despite rumors of their decline, alongside trends in shoes, evening wear, fur garments, collars, fabrics, and hats for the season.
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The bigger the sleeve, the more modish the garment, in spite of all the whisperings and mutterings about the downfall of the big sleeve. Especially in a tight fitting dress they give the wearer the hoity-toity air of the old time tight sleeved gowns and coats are too painfully ugly for us to ever welcome their return. Many long ago the sleeve so tight as to strangle the circulation of the blood, and make the hands as red as a smith's.
The shoes of the coming winter frocks and gowns are moccasin, with low in size and decorative bands of unusual. For comfort the main thing, which the coat have although bindings of voided satin and I ei Didsone aahoaidods, d me ad dol, ae used with escoll Pih slaes ot diekgiabxitod a d Med to an atonilre thr : mnt ot ion. a hodall in acedat sik and satin. are connected at sauced ontron ot a captivating clor. and dipicraured with slots oi ribbou annd aleh hees
A alone in an evening frnck of loso gtd' binee arrined sutin is com- lin: wiie of de slen, and canl around the dllnw b a ang land af Mlack satin ribhon.
A hadrrne siove On a blak vel Bot deuer savn is a huve pmr cy- evod with anpliuno lace in wiite, ahe pattcrn ol a ieai. the outline a!l ietted. Apother in the mandolin formn is doe- orated wi:h pejendieular rows of narrowest veliet rilhon.
"Dress" peuns or fur are this sea- son very foguntly lingd with a white op vory Fght tur, Sstraklan cap s Iuve chinchilln linings. atter is m ished with gray fox. and lux.a inus and very high-prieed garmenis of seal gind otter have ermine linings. with mnt and nuge standing collar lined to match.
Amorg the newest c llarettes ave those pade whoily ot asirich plumage in white. Ihack aid grag. Thore is a Migsh. (nll vncbe around the pock made of sbort, cuied tips. and falling from this mnche drr vers longostried plunes that wholiy cover the shouldere. These piomes aro wired on tih under side to keo. tlein in nosition.
Fauer strines and Droslon offos of one sor op other ame anite gs gent fovorites dor waolens dnd mixod dross labris as dhey ate fop silks. In the weolon mnt it they yers odtn a bear In Ae fomn at heasy Laottd onreds od silky mobuir st ahont a thid oi an ich aat. or oo !o:. the Knots ocoamns at regula- sis. cegwons oxguisitoly bend·I aro inn- pored to t for slove pnts. collar- ctes fiebus and yest foat: an ole gant gowns. Ihe-e cme in soft cha- mois calr, doted with spongles and mhy beadss in swallow Ilue, winny bRonne and gold beads: in Rose a tp and cld rose. wiuh iot and gaurnet beads. and siuid n mny red, with jet spangles and cut bronze beads.
Louis XvI. hais, with medium wide brims and seft crowns. Tain O'shanter medels of black or moss-green velyet. "shortback" sailor slapes with soft crowns and ostrieh feather rorettes and aigrettes for trimming. and velyet toques or uiny bonnets nearly covered with a brilliant garniture of jewel- dotted oraments and beads. are among the leading novelties that now adorn the heads of fashion's most faithful devotees.
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Descriptions of current fashion trends emphasizing big sleeves in dresses, moccasin-style shoes for winter frocks, evening gowns with satin, fur-lined coats and collars, ostrich plumage collarettes, patterned woolens and silks, and various hat styles including Louis XVI, tam o'shanters, and sailor shapes.