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Show The Daily Herald Thursday, May 14,"t99T Perfume pollution a problem Something old (Somefa new By PATRICIA MCLAUGHLIN Universal Press Syndicate Do total strangers have a right to stuff foreign molecules up your r i' t , I . ' . ,rs ...4 , nose and down your throat with- out your permission? It's not a new question. Governments have long limited the freedom of slaughterhouses, tanneries, chemical plants, refineries and other manufacturers to fill the air we breathe with noxious fumes. They've begun to restrict private citizens' freedom to add tobacco smoke to the air in a range of public spaces. But what about the Giorgio-soake- I 5 j f v:! 5t-- bodies of V ' ' .. ' -- 1 ; i r - V - ' , w v,r - , - if - (Tr- . " . f I ' : ;.,( ' J T X I - 1 i vt i j 1 1 - - "-if . I ' , 3 ' - J 11 Ci :1 , Emily Clark is pictured here in her dress. Nellie Ross Robinson wore the ruffled chiffon dress in 1900 for her wedding to Walter Robinson. ! ? i I " 5 r - ' . -- i I Peeking through the staircase, this young girl catches a vision of what might be in store in her future. : f : " i L s. " ..... " . Herald Photos Jennifer Smith Rebecca Christensen models her grandmother's wedding dress which was originally worn in 1932. The dress was right in style for the time with white satin and sleeves. '? f jr ' I- ''(14 f r - i -- . Vr.l 1 The perfect gown makes the wedding whether heirloom or new, satin or lace t By JANET HART Herald Staff Writer PROVO Part of any bride's preparation for the big day is finding the perfect gown. Whether out .of ivory satin or white lace, it's sure to be a lasting symbol of the wedding ceremony and an heirloom for generations to come. Such was the story behind many of the gowns worn during a Mother's Day fashion show Saturday U !k afternoon for members of Les Femmes, a local women's club. Modeled at the home of Jo Ann Losee, the dresses came from the closets of club members, their daughters or their mothers with one dating back to the turn of the century and another which won't be - '5 i iff ; r - ''V' - 5 i used until later this summer. Losee said the club, which started its monthly meetings 38 years ago, has a special program each year for Mother's Day and did a similar wedding gown show about six years ago. The oldest dress in the show was originally worn by Nellie Ross Robinson in 1900 when she married Walter Robinson. Made by a friend from Payson and modeled by her great granddaughter, Emily, the dress has an hourglass figure with sleeves and a high neckline trimmed in Battenhurg lace. As was popular for the time, a corset and stays f ; restaurants, theaters, doctor's Escape. K l - - - co-chai- rs day-car- All! n0 . A" Anti-perfu- offices, pharmacies, retail stores, museums, libraries, parks, private e schools, centers, public transportation systems, and state and local government offices provide fragrance-fre- e access to people who are disabled by fragrance. She says the Americans With Disabilities Act requires such access and, if she doesn't get it, "I'm going to sue." Meanwhile, she still has to make doctor's appointments at 7 o'clock in the morning, before the waiting room fills up with Brut and White Diamonds and Spellbound and J il.v ; defenseless bystanders: When they inhale, the volatile molecules it releases zoom up their noses to connect with receptors on the cilia at the ends of their olfactory nerves. WHOOSH! WHAM! BOING! It's true, a rosebush or a roasting turkey does the same thing, but people who don't like the smell of roses can stay out of rose gardens, and people who don't like turkey can stick to tofu. Holding your breath is the only way to avoid being mugged by somebody else's perfume, and that isn't always practical. For some, a lungful of strident perfume molecules is only unpleasant. But people who suffer from allergies or "multiple chemical sensitivities" say fragrance makes them sick; they report reactions ranging from sneezing and watery eyes to headaches, tremors, twitches, nausea, joint pain, breathing difficulty, disorientation and aphasia. Clean-ai- r activist Julia Kendall charges that some of the chemicals in perfume are so toxic that, if they weren't bottled and sold in crystal flacons, they'd have to be disposed of in toxic waste dumps. So why doesn't the Food and Drug Administration ban them? John Bailey, of the FDA's colors and cosmetics section, says the evidence that perfume makes people sick is "mostly anecdotal right now." And it'll probably stay that way for the foreseeable future: Bailey explains that when you run a drop of perfume through a gas chromatograph, it breaks it down to "literally hundreds" of individual chemical constituents. To ban any one of them, the FDA would need controlled studies that prove it makes mice or rats and peosick. No such studies are ple planned. But, as fragrance penetrates more and more aspects of life bowls of potpourri on coffee tables, air "fresheners" in store dressing rooms, heavily scented cleaning products, fashion magazines that reek of scent strips and as perfumers turn to stronger, more dramatic scents, the fight for the right to breathe fragrance-fre- e air is beginning to heat up. forces scored a victory recently in Marin County, Calif., whose clean ocean air has drawn an unusual number of allergy sufferers. When the county parks authority scheduled hearings on plans for controlled burning atop Mt. Tamalpais, activists requested that the meetings be fragsince otherwise those rance-free, most likely to be harmed by the smoke would be unable to attend. In response, the parks authority zones at arranged fragrance-fre- e the hearings. That limited success seems to have energized the lobby. Julia Kendall, who Citizens for a Toxic-Fre- e Marin, says that, as of Jan. 26, 1992, her group will demand that public accommodations such as " 5 down next to you in a meeting or a movie house or a restaurant? Her perfume imposes itself on people. It literally intrudes into the - S lady who sits d J ; f 1 r t i J. , : 5 4 I "f ' .f ' ' . - ' ' ' '1 i v v x Amy Hall will wear this dress for her June wedding. Also pictured are Haley and Kami Christensen, her flower girls. The detailing on this modern gown Is a good contrast to the dresses. antique are also sewn in. Qualifying as the newest dress was Amy Hall's gown, which she will wear at her wedding in June. Her short sleeved, satin dress with beaded organza appliques and straight skirt was an effective contrast to the antique gowns. In between these two dresses were ones representing nearly every decade of the century. One gown from 1932 was obtained from a small shop in Manti foi the sum of $35 traded out in milk and eggs. Martha Henric Kenner wore the dress two years later when she married to Glenn Kcnncr in the Manti LDS Temple but she had to get special permission from the temple president because of the dress's eggshell color. From 1943, Ruth Wood Petersen's gown was worn just two weeks before her new husband Joe left to serve in WWII. The dress of baronet satin with a lace covered bodice was purchased for $80 and matched with a $20 headpiece. When considering milk only cost 10 cents a quart, the ensemble was still a major purchase. When styles and figures are compatible, wedding gowns are often used by more than one member of a family. Maggie Jackson wore her antique white satin gown with Chantilly lace in 1955 and her daughter Julia used it 33 years later. Cathy Ellsworth also modeled her mother's dress and shoes which were originally worn in 1953. Janet Kenner Garrick purchased the satin and sequin dress ZCMI in Salt Lake City and combined it with satin platform shoes. The original headpiece, a simple flower garland, was also part of the outfit. The sweetheart neckline was popular during the 1960's and incorporated into the ivory satin dress worn by Janet Laycock in 1961. The simple style also included appliqued lace around the neckline and on the skirt. Simple designs continued into the next decade as seen in the dress worn by Cathreen Morgan Stevens on her wedding day in 1979. Made of Guiana, it has a blousy bodice and soft pleats at the waist that flow into the medium train. The ivory color was ideal when it was used for a second wedding. Vanessa Losee Alard's dress, worn in 1981. had a Spanish flair. Her high collared gown was combined w ith a floor length, chiffon crepe veil with a "Mantilla" headpiece. Another gown from that decade was worn for only three hours in 1988 and never saw a reception or wedding party. Michelle Garrick Kaufusi purchased the form fitting dress with pearl and sequin trim in New York City where her fiance Steve was playing football with the Philadelphia Eagles. Although a reception was planned, it had to be canceled because of Steve's football schedule. |