MILADY'S DRESS
WOE to ~^the poor
young Japanese
husband, for the cost
of dressing a wife in
Japan is probably higher
than in any other coun-
try in the world. An
American woman of
means would consider herself to be exceedingly
well groomed in a 100 dollar dress, but not so a
Japanese kdy even of the medium salaried class.
To be well dressed she spends around 300 yen
per costume or more. Her wedding gown alone,
exclusive of the obi and other accessories, will cost
her from 300 to 1000 yen* The obi usually is as
expensive as the kimono and then there are lining
materials^ sandals, obi strings, a juban^ or short,
shirt-like wufet-kimono edged with a fine embroi-
dered neck band, an under-&jw«fl, arid perhaps a
cksp for the front of-her sash*1 A Japanese wife,
1 Women of alTcksses now wear wbite neckbands, a