Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-10
What Dame Fashion Is Offering
By OLIVETTE.

HHIS is a new autumn model, the
slip-over dress which has Meth
er buttons nor button holes. nor
hooks nor eyes. nor clasps nor buckles
The dress is made of one piece with
girdle or sash effect, very low down
near the knees. ike the dress Of very
small child
1t is Monsieur Paul Poiret's idea Of
a practical fall costume.
Every time Poiret gets out new
costume he bids the fashion world
Stop Look! Listen For he has a
weird and wonderful Imagination. and
his marvellous creations are usually
more adapted to the beauties Of the
Arabian Nights than to our everyday
public
Poiret who is one of the leading
French dressmakers inhabits a lovely
house in Paris, with a wonderful and
exotic looking garden. The house looks
like very elaborate setting for the
first act OF a comic opera, and the
A'autiful young women who act as
| ment are the picked beauties OF the
manikin world
The fashion season really begins in
Paris when Poiret opens his salons
for the promenade of the manikins.
and no empress. stage or real. ever
trailed down marble steps over soft
and rich carpets with more utter dis
regard TO the sumptuous clothes she
tyas wearing than do the gorgeous
creatures who show off Poiret's fall
and spring fashions
A Regal Sight
They usually enter one bv one
sweeping In regally. wearing priceless
fur coats over some new creation in
evening gowns The audience sits in
hushed and awe stricken circle The
manikin never deigns to look at the
humble figures OF admiring women.
usually from America
She brushes past them like an out
ragged empress. and only when ladies
from distant cities Autter the leaves Of
their check books, or carelessly drop
big letter of credit at her feet will the
manikin pause and let them admire
the gown or wrap for a few short and
blssful moments.
Having completed the promenade Of
the salons. The beautiful model goes
back to the head of the imposing stair
way, and, as if too tired to bear tine
burden of her costly fur, she lets the
cloak fan upon the floor and goes forth
to repeat her walk4n the costume worn
beneath it.
with the same magnificent disregard
for the value Of these priceless man
Ties each beautiful girl throws off her
wrap and the pile at the foot of the
stairs becomes a mound Of satin. sable
and ermine Fifty thousand dollars
lay in a heap on the floor when I last
saw the promenade of the models.
1t was an impressive sight. for the
customers who had hesitated to order
While the furs were sim on the shout
ders Of the proud manikiRs swooped
down upon the pile and soon every
coat and wrap had found its buyer
An American.
II was Paul Poiret whose admiration
for the Russian ballet with its vivid
Oriental coloring swung last years
fashions to the extreme of gorgeous
Oriental luxury and riotous color
There is legend to the fact that Mr..
Poiret is an American. At all events.
he is a shrewd business man. who hides
good, sound business sense behind a
brown beard and an lnscrutabe pair
Of eyes
Poiret realizes that this is to be a
season where the practical idea will
prevail over the fantastic.
Efficiency is the great word Of the
| day among womenkind. Not that we
have all become efficient, but it's a
great thing to talk about, so the new
Poiret model boasts Of all those inno-
vations which the efficient modern
| woman considers necessary