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Show BBBEaaymimuiniiii hi iw THE BALLET SKIRT. tt X a Fussy Trilled Petticoat nod Mj Bo Ailaptcd to Ordinary "Wear. The fusby frilled petticoat known as the ballet skirt is now wore by fashion able women under evening and 5anc gowns, but nearly reaching the ground. First, there is a oloso fitting yoke of muslin, which is cut in four parts and reaches well below the average corset and very much below the short corset worn for skirt dancing. On to this yoke is set in full gathers or fiat plait3 a wide skirt of the muslin, edged with ft frill of lace put on slightly full. Thi kirt reaches from the yoke to tho full depth required, and over it at the B lino another skirt is simulated by a deep frill, also edged lace, and put on so that tho bottom edge is half an inch above the edge of the under lace, thus giving an extra full and ample effect When worn, so wide is this skirt that It gives the appearance of a multitudo of lace petticoats, and the dancer usually usual-ly catches the center with a safety pin or a few stitches about 10 or 12 inches below tho yoke and practically converts it into a divided skirt. These ballot skirts aro also made for ordinary wear to dark silk. |