The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-05
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A big room in the basement Of the
Warren M. Crosby store has been
crowded the last two days, few
hours both afternoon and evening,
by those who went to see the fashion
show in moving pictures. The pic
lures were of gowns made in Paris
shops, and worn by Partisan models.
Some of the gowns shown were what
Topeka women would consider a tribe
risQue, and that may account for the
presence of a pretty good sprinkling
of men among the spectators at the
show.
The show opened with the Parade
des Elegantes," and the costumes
were tailored suits in the latest mode.
The skirts were extremely narrow
about the feet, quite long, many OF
them literally slashed. at the front
or at both sides, and the jackets were
very loose and wide about the hips,
sometimes flaring at the lower edge.
They were of heavy material and
trimmed with fur in many cases, ac-
centuating the appearance of width
through the upper part of the body
and the tapering effect toward the
feet According to the French man
ner, which, by the way, is finding a
company of imitators among a crowd
OF Topeka debutantes, the models
walked, or rather shuff1ed. progressed,
what you will, by placing one foot
directly in front of the other.
A second reel showed evening
gowns and an effect in Turkish trous-
ers. In most Of these gowns, the
drapery of the skirt was caught at
the front about the knees, or above
them. One of the skirts shown was
short in front, the entire front part
OF the skirt shortened to a few inches
above the ankles, and the back of the
skirt ending in a long train. The
Turkish trousers were ordinary skirts
80 fashioned as to give a trouser eff
fect, though they apparently were
not actually in two parts
The materials used in the clothes
were of unusual beauty. There was
much velvet and duvetin, and all Of
the evening and afternoon garments
were of clinging fabrics and narrow
cuts. A great many chiffons and
other transparencies were used for
drapery. and colors, particularly of
Innings for wraps, were brilliant and
strongly contrasted. While the pic
lures were not in cOlOrs, the tones
were well suggested.
The evening wraps were nearly all
of the draped sort. appearing to be in
one or two pieces, and were wrapped
about the figure, with few or no reg
ular fastenings, and most of them
had stoles and neck pieces cut in with
the garments.
In many of the evening dresses, the
lower part of the long blouses, or the
short tunics were wired to hold them
out from the figure, further empha-
sizing the width about the hips and
the narroWneSS at the feet. The
blouses were extraordinarily dainty
and fetching. One of the evening
waists had no sleeves, or even straps
across the shoulder. The waist APP
peared to be little more than a wide
girdle, somewhat higher in the front
than the back, and the rest of the
garment was supplied by scarf of
exquisite material, which the model
draped over her shoulders and upper
arms.
Both the walking suits and the
evening costumes had slashed skirts
that disclosed smart Russian boots,
some of them high and others reach
ing a little above the ankles, and
many Of them fur or jeweled trimmed.
Some of the gowns still show the