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general outline.

The accepted toggery is a two piece suit consisting of a blouse and knickerbockers or trouserettes. The headgear differs according to the feminine idea. It may be an automobile cap or a becoming hood of some soft material. 

Mile. Dutrieu the French airwoman and the pioneer of her sex in the air, set a new fashion in flying clothes on her first appearance in this country at the Nassau Boulevard aerodrome. Her drab colored costume of cravenette serge caught the feminine eye as she swung across the flying field to give the spectators an idea what a birdwoman looks like aground. 

Her two piece suit consists of a blouse and a divided skirt, with a suggestion of the harem. The two garments are joined by a black patent leather belt, and a Norfolk jacket effect is obtained by an arrangement sewed on the upper part of the feet when she walks and with a button and strap is secured around her ankles before she mounts her Farman biplane. 

The masculinity of her appearance is  

case of fall. Neither of the American Fliers, Miss Quimby and Miss Moisant, takes this precaution. 

Miss Harriet Quimby's Plum colored satin costume is perhaps more picturesque than that of Mlle. Dutrieu. It has a blouse and knickerbockers with a monk hood attached. The knickerbockers have the inside seams closed by rows of buttons which when unfastened convert the knickers into a walking skirt. The blouse is cut with the long shoulder seams and fastens under the arm. Miss Quimby wears high top leather boots.
 
She says her next costume will be of plain knickerbockers, as she always wears a long coat, when she is a ground and there is no need of a skirt.

With the exception of the hood and the material the costume of Miss Moisant is practically a duplicate of the one worn by Miss Quimby. It is made of a heavy tan colored cloth and interlined with silk, while Miss Quimby reverses the materials. Small patches of Miss Quimby s hood that covers the ears, so that she can keep in touch with the workings of her engine.
 
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MLLE. HELENE DUTRIEU.