The evening world., 1912-04-09

ample Of the way these American dress
makers do to show o that the prices
charged them are not too high or even
high enough. I know OF q dressmaker
here who makes a speciality Of ch'ldren's
clothes. A New York buyer went to this
house and asked to buy a model Of a
ohild's dress. He was told the price was
~. He dickered and talked until he got
Il for ~. Then he took It to New York.
whsre he made and sold 1000 like It. Do
you think ~ dollars was too dear?
hooPokIRT3 MOI IT'S THE
PANIeR.
AS for this talk about the h~oopskirt.
there isn't . chance OF It coming back
into favor. It isn't looked for in Paris
and II can't be started in America. The
dressmakers over there couldn't be In
duced to invest their money In a new
fashion that has not the approval %
Paris. The new style here 10 the pan
Ter skirt. somewhat resembling the
dresses Of Marie Antoinette's time a.
far as the skirt goes.
"But there is no tendency to make II
very wide. The drapery falling from
the hips Is at present little more than
suggested and there Ia apparent u desire
to conform to the lineY of the figure
and keep the skirts NARROW. They are
Just a. narrow at the bottom as ever
Not all u new models are Of the PAN
Tor type. but that 10 the new tendency.
and that 10 as near the new hoopskirt
~ We shall get"
Nh ma In haitian ntiniiAa1 70 a~nrass
IN opinion IN tho hoopskirt than the
great house OF Worth In the Rue de la
Paix. It was the founder Of this house
who. coming to Paris In the sixties Of
the last century. gained his first fame
by eraveay breaking away from the
crinolins and Aoopskirts then In rogue
II was Worth who killed the hoop.
skirt
Yeung Mr.. Worth. grandson Of tn.
FOUNDER Of the house and nephew Of the
Drssent head Of the establishment. said:
1e0eA ase apt - 20 anytAt1Gi
xAsss y ~ tslliag what they vSu
Col On ~ WoS0s you can't prollot
wAAA tAsy VII waAs aAA you oaAV
tsu WAaS - sxpseA tse0 thsm.
SAaV Ne NE Gasep%st stAyt
~ . Otyle end the rest fellow Il
6al1lly. 0nly now there 70 10 one
IKE lGMs. q 1sttsyuioh Of TIE old
aaye, WIN s1ouSA courage aad In.
AspsaAenos TO start out b. Asssslf
anA eroats . fashion. 4hsseSoSo We
lssssmakers DO the creating, ana
have not hsasd q aAy aSsssmaksr
Aese aytAe % bring the A~oopskaxt
bask into fashion,"
II II should come back. would 70,
b like your grandfather and refuse I,
make the things. calling them monstros
itss. ~ would you follow the popula
taste And supply the demandr'
YOU CAN'T GET A hooPskIR1
INTO AN AUTO.
Young Mr.. Worth did not answer m,
question directly.
n do o think II 10 coming back,
he said. As I said. there 10 no tellin,
what freaks . wofnan's fancy vii
take. but don't think the hoopskirt /
possible And I'll tell you why. YOJ
CAN'T GET 1T INTO AN AUTOMO
BILE. In those days the ladies' ha,
big. wide carriages and they move.
slowly. but nov 10 the day Of the au
tomobile and quick movement. Yo
, can't get the ~hoopskirt into an auto
: mobile and you can't ride In an aero
!, plane with one. There YOU have tn
answer"
/ Al the arm OF CaIiot soeurs, IN
, largest d~ressmakins house In tn
world. the head of the estabiishmeu
smiled sadly whom ] asked her abou
the hoOpGairt. y
"You moan the '~pannisr.'" shs ii.
mo I DON'T" ! corrected. II mea
the h~oopektrt; the BIG balloon AFFAIR {
~oyinolins or. wire hoops"
~Ah, %" and agaAn she smdlsd sadi
les pety7nG n o0o WHO VA % q
WJoag o. the etvte - that. I'VE rsail
6ave not noAosd aay tsndsooy whAI
Lever = that dlrsctton. We ere maxim
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