As Paris gives the fashions to every place boasting of high civilization, it is fair to presume that the days of crinoline are numbered. A new style of skirt is meeting with great favor there, as it supports the dress without whalebone or steel, relying for this purpose merely on the harmonious and skillful disposition of the plaited muslin of which it is composed. The multiplied skirt, or jupon multiple, as it is called, supports a series of volants, tapered and grouped like a fan, which are moved at will by means of metallic eyelets. For travelling it is quite agreeable, as it occupies little space. What a boon in a crowded horse car! Boston [MA] Evening Transcript 17 October 1860: p. 2
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