The evening world., 1912-04-09
That's the Decree Of BIG
Dressmakevs Of the
French Capitalize Grin.
oline 10 ~Impossibls 10,
They Say, for II Won't
Go in Auto or Airship.
But the Ponier-Ah Quill
VOLTA Une Jolie Mode
And the Gently
Tripping Shepherd
Maiden Of Louie Seize
Is the Seasons Favor
tech, La, La!
Bv William Il. Hereford.

opeud torvsronfhnoo q TN evening WUiu.J
BY William II. Hereford.
PARIS. April Are We soon to
. again a return to the g~rotesque
fashion Of the hoopskirt? 10 the
present generation Of women about
10 Jump from the extreme Of the
hobble" and the harem" to the ex.
IRENE Of the crinohne Of the days Of
81? With one accord the famous
dressmakers Of Paris answer moi"
to both questions.
II makes no difference to them II
the dresrmakers Of America, in con.
vention assembled, decree that the
hoopskirt II coming back into fash
ion. With the great dreasmakers Of
France the opinions Of the dressmak-
ers Of America do not count. There
10 ' . deposition here to say that
American dre@makers have no opin-
Ions except borrowed ones-borrowed
or bought, Ike the models they get
from Paris.
Rcdfern. precoli. Worth. Cabot soeurs.
Madame Paauin are quite wrought up
about it-aot about tho threAtened ad-
vent OF a new fashion; on. no. nothing
10 absurd as that. hut about these dress
makers Of America thinkinS they can
decree what fashion 10 or what fashsoa
10 not.
Here u what Bsdfern Of the Rue de
Rivoh aaSd about both subjects to the
Evening World correspondent. REDEEM
y an E~nSf1shsnan who makes womsn's
dresses that are such . 0sdk to France
that the French government has b.
slowed on him the cross Of the Legion
Of Honor.
NO PoeSloilirY OF THE HOOP.
SKIRT, eAve ReDPeRN,
'-rhere's no. possibility Of the hoop
skirt coming back into fashion," an.
nounced Mr.. Redfern. "At any rate, I
WON'T make them. Here 10 what I
think about tho whole subject" and he
lsd the correspondent into the room
where Marcefied mannynns we're parad-
Ing In new gowns before naughty Or
nervous cuSt0mers.
There was nothing OF the hoop skirt
about the manikins-but they were not
what Redfern had brought me to See.
On the table 20 that all intending pur-
chasers OF costumes could sec Il and
be warned was a coiored print framed.
II represented Miss 1861 In nounced
hmm Nktpt0 a.A ~cLa hr.~ -.-.aa--
Miss 1911 with ttght-drawn Mobile skirt
and spreading hat. Under the picture
wAs the line: How ridiculous you look.
my DEAR"
"os the Wide shEt Of tAaa period
coming lato fashion sSala," 1sA.
fern ooatAueA, "tAsrO = n peoos1A
prospect. TIE sk1rs vs ere nakane
70 NO wiAss than oux AoAsls oS this
w1nsss-os. very lizzie Wider - Ne
bottoD-bus Il ID wider a. ne hips
and thsro % . tendency 70 WHAT y
Known - The pannlsr skasS, watch
has aSapsSy q the SIDE. That y he
only change IN Ne fssAioa."
Redfern y right 70 speak on this
subject. tor II was he a already 70
lated In The Dvsuing World. who 70.
Gently started this new fashion "
Monte Carlo. when the paunisr VA
worn N pubic ~ Aoms. sorsa. known
In Fsancs - me best dressed woman IN
the world
A. for the creation Of new fashion,
In the United States. Redeem satd:
There - something here that In
stills into the minds OF the work pso
pie n destgnsrs something that \
lacking In America or In England. I
10 the artistic appreciation Of drsas
The little work girl has II; her mother
has 1t. They are able to carry out tn,
ideas Of the designers and to hei,
them. That 10 absolutely backing else
where, and 80 France remains an.
must remain the ~undisputed leader 1,
the matter Of feminine fashion."
NO toEAs ABOUT oRCSsGs u
AMERICA, THEY CAV.
At Drscol's. In the Place dc ropsrs
they were not nearly 20 calm abovt 1,
Drecoll's. like PaauinA y . stock oom
pany. One Of the moving spirits IN n,
company said:
! "Anss1eaA lsees0Akoso BylnS -
staSt . Asw eAsAieas 10 Pea Row
tAs tram NAeat thas msAtssS n
. I'll oonAnAAss1sa Wess sNS 81 -.
tween YsAAss ga America theys
woul1A't - - tAea lset amoAg ~
ASsss0aksss n America astsr ssx
months.
y "Oh. I'm not Boosting or saying th,nx
! rust to be saying them. What I say
. true. 1t can be demonstrated. Why a
4 the d~ressnakers Of New York and 9th,
cities come In such hocks TO Paris, an
Q why do they pay big prices for Par
models-not al big prices a. they shouI
= pay. mind you. but bigger prices tbs
private customers payf
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eeDlss 3se0 - 0ensuAAo thsy
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Al tnUsovo ~ 8Asv eanDly sannse
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. ~ - vs14e Ne G~AAksQneaso.
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