Eureka Reporter | 1904-12-09 | Page 3 | The Antiquity of Fashion

THE ANTIQUITY OF FASHION Oa japanese historian commented on it centuries ago every day the assertion that there Is 1 nothing new under the sun Is more than verified it Is told by a japanese writer of the the twelfth cen ceu tury that the greST adies of the flow ery kingdom had a passion for or wearing emotional robes but that they were much more ambitious and bold in their conception of such costumes than Is the woman of today to day this japanese historian avers that at it fete so many centuries ago one of the ladles ladies wore a robe signifying wa wit ter the mirror of nature and an other love lurking in summer haze and so on these marvelous effects were accomplished by viel wearing tring dianh anous materials one over another of various shades until the sense of solid color was lost in a maze of melting harmony of color sometimes as many as twenty five fire robes vere were worn one over another richly embroidered and picked out with jewels and sprays of flowers