Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 March 1894 — Aluminum Used in Dressmaking. [ARTICLE]

Aluminum Used in Dressmaking.

The French couturieres are somewhat in advance of the American dressmaker in making aluminum perform its duty in the modern gown. They place in the bottom of the skirt, about two inches above the hem, a hoop oi that metal, perfectly supple, and, of course, extremely light. It is concealed by a ribbon matching the color of the lining to the dress. It is the best material made up in this manner to use for the purpose of making the skirt hang well and gracefully, and its adoption is a tribute to the shrewdness of the foreign dressmaker, —New York Advertiser.