The Era-leader., 1911-03-23
Trouble All
pulent VI
wv and Daring creatid
erom Paris Described
With Sort Of Pantald
tachment."

is about to be supplanted by
and daring creation In the way
skirt which is described by
makers asia skirt with a sort
pantaloon Attachment The
skirt, 1t is 5Sid, is the invention
Paul Poiret, a gownmaker of Paris.
New York house has already importeo,
from Paris consignment of these'
skirts, which ares being displayed to
dressmakers here. and the house Is
prepared to measure and fit any wom'
an with the new Creation who thinks
she would like To wear it.
Some Of the city,s dressmakers were
asked to describe the new fashion.
Their ideas of the skirt differed, and
none of them could give the same de-
scription Of 1t, but they all objected to
the use Of the words spantaloon,"
"breeches" or "trousers" 10 describing
It, though none Of them vas able to
, suggest more delicate word for the
skirts masculine attachment.
A woman representative of an I'M
porting house, said: "Yes, we have
heard about the new skirt. 1t Is to be
launched as novelty, and maybe 1t
will become very popular. But please
don't call the little part Of 1t the
pants or rather the trousers, as you
men say, because it is nothing Of the
sort. It is just two little foot holes'
First, you stick foot through one,
and then you stick the other foot
through the other hole. and there you
are. It is not at all dimcult, assure
you. and the women win not find 1t
co."
When asked whether the two holes
resemble the legs Of trousers, she re-
piled: Il suppose SO, but you must
understand the legs are very short"
Asked whether the pantaloons OF
the skirt extended Is far below the
!. knee as the ankle, she blushingly re-
piled: Il cannot answer your ques'
ton"
Another dressmaker described the
new skirt as being very tight. The
pantaloon attachm6pt, she said, would
J not be visible. II The skirt should be-
come the rage in Paris, she said. the
New York women nSNould have to-
adopt 1t whether they liked it or not,
otherwise they would lose their repu-
~tation for keeping - with the fash
ions. When askedsif she regarded
the new skirt as tie forerunner Of
trousers for women, She replied: 1T.
Is wrong to speak ofsthat part Of the
skirt as trousers. don't know ex-
actly what you would call 1t, but you
don't describe the fhrkish women as
wearing trousers.
II don't think that our American
women would ever IKE to the trous.
ers worn by men. would not only
unsex them-look 1Dr Mary Walk
er-but there is no huty in trousers
for women. Let a#oman put on
trousers and her hseuty is lost for
ever; besides, the men would never
tolerate such thing.
"The idea Of this new skirt Is not
to popularize trousers for women. but
to add little touch of orientalism to
their dress. However, the skirt
which will be introduced here is a
much modified formsof the skirt in Its
Partisan makeup.
Nearly all Of the dressmakers
agreed that II the skirt should be
adopted by women.@as the dressma'
kers understand It. they would have to
readjust their mantler Of dressing
themselves: instead sof following the
usual custom Of putting on skirt
BY first throwinsa1s over the head
they would have don the new one
! as trousef III put on, by enter
d the skirt feet list. For slender
n athletic woman This would not be
q difficult thing to learn; but the
dressmakers were hclined to believe
that stout women of Women with non
elastic. joints might 9aperience some
! little dimcuity n getting into the
skirt and. in learning hta. in life q
4 new way to dress II lmsslIls.
The skirt, 40 described s. the cable
dispatch. was a exact Reproduction
~ xhn 6ross ,pas1. ~ ss,,rLiol ~,,oro>,,