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Show STYLES ARE QUICKLYXhoc Ultra Fashionable attire h3. . 1 a Short Life In These Dav, ' Th - Clever Imitations pa . ow When great dressmakers fell "pe fine customers that a particulur ?nd of dress Is now "out of fashion" n. iter do not mean that It is now rarei, '-epu but that it is' seen everywhere .; Qv has In fact "become common " feht the Spectator, London. They A that a crowd of women who car afford to pay for novelty, but canstr ford all the pretty things a w.kI riTl ter the fair, when they are no 'Clan startling, are dressing up in them ?alt admiration," are rivaling, are J)r times bettering those who . first hi Rl them, and making it necessary tb!om these latter should fling them ai4 and prepare to cut a new figure a same thing Is true about men toj f less extent, the exact degree of studied negligence or precision in the attire j the well dressed varying in proportlj I as the "reach-me-downs" beeom facsimiles. . . ' j Every year the crowds of those wfe ii copy become larger. They follow W upon the heels of their models, wt double and twist as they realize tha1 3 their pursuers are gaining upon theaj b making now and then a feint of tali $ rating their Imitators in order to gain I time. It used to be easy to guess il M woman's place in the world by lief clothes. Mayfalr nnd Hampvtead d!l . not look alike. The working girl aol I the girl at leisure could be Instantly ' recognized as such." At present it I a nice question to decide who Is wii ; by appearances and clothes offer as, , uncertain Indication, not only of fori tune and station, but even of age inf.! honesty. |