Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 December 1890 — Knee-Breeches and Silk Stockings. [ARTICLE]

Knee-Breeches and Silk Stockings.

And so knee-breeches and silk stockings are to be the fashion for full-dress occasions in England this winter. And why not in America as Well? Long have gentlemen in society struggled to be allowed to make some distinction between their own dress and that of. the waiters. Bnt fashion or custom is, inexorable. A year or two ago a very sensible society lady in New York gave a ball, at which the gentlemen were requested to appear in variously colored garments. The result was charming, a revival of the days of Louis and of the Charleses. But the fashion thus set, or attempted to be set, did not continue. YVhy not, no one can tell. After this one ball was over the crimson and blues and purples were laid aside and appeared no more, and their owners reappeared in their somber “claw hammers.” To resume the garb of our forefathers for ordinary wear would be an absurdity, but to revive these graceful and elegant garments for dress occasions would certainly be good taste, and could but be favorably received by the .ladies. The revival of the silk stockings and breaches, in English society is perhaps a forerunner of some such revolution. Already we of this country are growing seSsible in the matter of summer attire; why should not we grow sensible as well in our garments % for social occasions? — Boston, Advertiser.