The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-23
WOMEN ADVOCATE !.
AMERICAN STYLES.
TIME COMING WHEN TWILL BE
VULGAR TO PRATE ABOUT
FRENCH GOWNS
FORM OF SNOBBERY
WOMEN OF FASHION DECLARE FoR
.AMERICAN STILES FOR AMER
IcAN WOMEN" AnAiSsr
IMPORTED ONES.
FORM OF sAOBBERY

NEW YORK. Dec. 22--The crusade
for American styles for American
women" which was begun four years
ago by Alexander Nj. Green, OF this
city, founder of the American Dress
makers association. L. on In earnest,
and from now on the campaign against
the eccentric styles turned out by
Paris and the use of fake French la
bells on American made goods will be
waged relentlessly.
Among the latest advocates to the
new cause are Mrs. William j.
hughes. wife Of the United States
seLator-elect from New Jersey, and
Mrs. Thomas j. Scuily. OF New York.
1T certainly cannot be that QUE
dressmakers haven't brains and sufti-
cient creative ability to please Amer
lean women" said Mrs. Hughes to-
night Il believe the fault lies entire
ly with the women and not with thu
dressmakers- 1t Ii q form of snob.
berry that we should do away with
There are dozens Of shops In New
York, / understand. where American
made clothes bear fake French labels
because there would be no sale for the
garments otherwise.
snobbery Is Nuisance.
This Made In France form OF
snobbery IL getting to be a bigger nais-
ance than Made In Germany Is, fol
the German made goods are not ad
yertised as such. Even our dig store.
are So Impressed with the demand,
of American women for Frencr
goods that they actually adysrtiet
their goods In French wording.
Here In the Waldorf today some Of
the women wore the most immodesl
and outlandish frocks imaginable
They spelled Paris In every line. This
slit-up skirts with the white shoe top,
is an imported fad that should disgus'
any refined woman.
In Washington inquired OF the wo'
men there. who looked as though they
belonged to their clothes. whether
their gowns were imported. In eyerJ
instance / was told that they were
American made. The TAD Tor Frencf
gowns is a peculiar obsession OF this
Now York woman, but fear the FAD
u spreading"
France Intfnl1dates OtherA
Il believe the time Ia fast approach
tng." said Mrs. Scully. when II vii
be considered vulgar to pirate about
French dressmakers. The reason
France leads the world now Is because
they have intimidated other nations
especially America, that the dressmak'
ers and taiiors have succumbed and
instead of creating American models
they have accepted what Paris sends
us. The American dressmakef car
lead the world II the American womsi
viii give the Inspiration by purchasing
her gowns at home"
Mr., Green thinks the American wo.
man 10 at last seeing the necessity ol
having her styles created at home in
stead Of aping the patterns OF natior
radically different In temperament and
personality.
What Mrs. Hughes said about
fake French labels ls entirely true.
was able to turn over to our socist.
recently q collection OF French labels
which collected from man wis
makes a business Of selling them. Al
the great Paris houses were represent
ed In the collection We want this
American dressmaker to stop the us'
Of fake labels. and we want the Amer
lean manufacturers to stop sending hi
silks 10 Lyons, where they are pur
| chased as French goods and sent bach
| here for the public"