The evening world., 1911-04-18
Mrs. Fayes Declares
Women of NeW York
Haze the "Figures" but
Not the Brains Ncces-
sary to Make the Most
of Them.


ment or Character and
Use individual Taste.
BY Marguerite Mooers Marshall.
Elegant fashions for women are
dead. To satisfy the feminine crsv-
Ing for change, d~ressmahsrs have
been launching innovations blind
ly. without reasoning, they step
in where angels fear to tread. Or
iginolity3 yes, but s~tylc3-nevsrl
The customer Of the d~ressmaksr
should be dressed ~ carefully q
the artist paints . picture. To re-
produce exactly tho same style for
varying types OF wearsrs 10 the
work OF o mechanic. The dress
maker should cloths vel woman
according to what suits her"
These words OF wisdom have lust
fallen from the lips OF Jean Worth,
Worth OF Paris. Tho Great Worth.
But the famous d~ressmaker was natu-
rally speaking with his own city On
closest perspective. Would III have
said there were no exquisite feminine
fashions II he had seen New York's
Easter parade?
I put the question yesterday to Mrs
Harriet Edwards Fayes. ono OF the
best known writer's on topics OF dress
in this city.
There are many very charming
fashions TO be found in the shops"
she said. But there are few women
who are clever enough 10 And Thorn.
Tho average New York woman
whom one meets on the streets is
less well-dressed, from tho Wow
points OF style n beauty, than
the average woman abroad. The
New York woman does not even
dress a. well a. she ala nvs or ton
years ago.. ~ - -
Il walked up Fifth avenue the other
day with a friend. frankly on the look.
out for really smart women. Do yot
know that from Tw~enty-third stree
to Fifty-ninth We saw just two really
well-dressed women! And one OF thos,
was getting out OF a motor carl"
What Is Lacking.
But why Is IT." ! asked. II thought
American women were conceded 20
have good figures, ana that has =,
much 20 do with style"
Our women have figures, many
OF thcm ave money. but thoy
haven't tho intelligence required
for good dressing. One needs
brains, as well as O waist line and
shoulders, to wear ones clothes
well.
THAT Is what Worth means. exactly,
when he speaks OF blind Innovations
and the feminine craving for change
This is tho situation In a nutshell. 4
certain type OF French dressmaksr.
absolutely INSCRIPTIONS from an arts
tic point OF view. invents some start
ling novelty which exactly suits the
taste OF certain theatrical ladies and
others OF not too refined tastes. These
women put on the new costumes. and.
like a flock OF silly sheep. perfectly
respectable but perfectly insrttstic and
stupid women over here adopt the
mode.
"If the women Of New York
would stop copying the clothes and
even the makc-up-for its come
to that now-of the class that
makes no p~retensions to modesty,
either OF raimsnt or character. we
might see really beautiful cos
tunes on our streets"
Need Hand Of Expert.
But a sreat many women have no
talent for designing their own clothes
/ lntegposcd.
Then, in that case 'et them PIT
themselves In the hands Of q com
pctcnt drcssmaIcr who. "a worth says
Will dress them as an artist paints q
| picture replied Mrs. Fayes, ""rhC
trouble with n great many women T.
that they think they know beautiru
styles when they don't, Two hundred
pounds VIII see "A cute costume fOi
80 pounds, and Immediately waddle on
10 her tai.or's with an order Tor d
duplicate. And cvon ~ he tries. very
often he can't convince her that Ia,
result viii make n fright OF her"
"stil, everyday can't afford an ar
tlstlc Partisan brcs7mahcr. Won't so,
set mp a few Ruidcposts showing whl
elegant fashions really are?' re
queqted.
wei, In tho first place, Worth g.
right when ne says each woman shout
be clothed according TO wha; suits her
NOW suppose we consider the thr.
types, under one II which pretty near.
every woman belongs, They are slmpl.
tho fat, the thin, and the !n-hetwecn.
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