Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-01-11
WOMEN SLOW TO GIVE
up KIMoN0 BL0USES
Although New Ones Have Been
Exhibited - Thin Lace
Under Fabric.

A leading dressmaker why
il was hat women refused the blouse
with the V-shaped line in 'front.' n
the long, small sleeve that covered the
wrist, and insisted upon the kimono
blouse with the round neck and the
short sleeve.
While this fact is discouraging to the
buyers who brought from Paris the
new thing in blouses. ii is not amazing
that women do net purchase them.
Very few French fashions are accepted
here at their INSTALLATION in Paris. The
Americans are apt To say that they are
six months behind Europe. but the real
truth is that they need not be be-
hind at all if they would only take the
word of the buyers when they return
from Europe.
They are slow TO make changes, and
for his they are TO be commended, but
they should not put the blame of their
~baclSwardness or the dressmakers and
the buyers. This case of the N-shaped.
long sleeved blouse is Il good one as an
example.
The first thing to be noticed in Paris
during dressmakers' week was thai the
separate waist had undergone a revo-
luton. The comfortable kimono blouse,
with It's transparent shoulders n
sleeves and it's round neck, had given
way to a blouse of satin or lace or chit
fon that had sleeves, a high collar, "a
F-shaped opening from neck to waist,
filled in with transparent net or thin
bastiste and Ornamented with a fine
frill.
Not only did Paauin. Drecoll, Worth
and Beer show these blouses, but one
found them at the shops, especially at
tI1n ~ nN,@ .. Al- T,
fayette, where the Americans go en-
masse to purchase waists. Along the
Rue st. Honore, in the small shops that
make a speciality in blouses. ever the
lingerie ones a straight lines from
neck to wrist, long, small sleeves and
frills at the wrist.
kimono 6!ouses Are Really Handsome.
True. handsome kimono blouses were
seen, and many one-piece frocks and the
kimono top, but the new note insistent-
ly struck was this blouse described
dressmaker said that she brought back
from Paris several of these innova-
lions in waists, only to find them a loss.
She has not been able to sell them to
even her fashionable clientele.
The shops told the same story. While
they can still maintain a high pride for
kimono blouses, they can get almost
nothing for the new ones. Whether
women disregard 1t because they are
%incredulous of its being in style or
whether they are so attached to the
kimono that they do not intend to give
1t up is a problem that cannot be
solved.
The fact is that we will wait until
January or February before wearing
them and will scold buyers for not
having brought back these waists in
September. The buyers can only ex-
onerate themselves by referring to the
past and even then the public will tell
them that they did not emphasize the
new blouse enough to gain approval for
1t.
Unless a woman Is so attached to the
kimono blouse that she does not intend
to give 1t up she should take up the
new idea at once and have the pleasure
of saying that she knew what was
what in the beginning. It is not neces-
sary that h should discard chiffon
cloth, although the Fench dressmakers
are becoming tired of 1t. 1t is a lovely
material and wears better than most
people know.
II she prefers Elarquisette or satin
they are cas- to get in any color.
Whenever she uses a transparent IA
brio she should use thin lace with a
bold design underneath It. There is no
objection to her using a pretty dash
of color in the revers and at the edge
of the wrists.