Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 July 1883 — A. FULL OUTFIT. [ARTICLE]
A. FULL OUTFIT.
A reporter for a Nqw York journal asked a fashionable dress-maker how many dresses a young lady required for summer year. “Qh,” said Madame D., "about twenty, at least, if she is go ing out at all. She must have six white dresses, a pale pmk mull over satin, a pale blue, and another sea green; an amber satin, a black Spanish lace dress, a white lace dress, and two or three plain dark silks; besides a yachting dress, a rowing dress, a tennis costume, a tea gown, two or three riding habits, with special hats to go with each toilet, and shoes or slippers,parasols and fans, and gloves to match.”
