Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-07-10
dawn IS SEEN
|. OF THE FLOWING,
FLASHING SKIRT

PARIS, June 20.-Paris is very bill
liant lust now, and every day between
4 and half-past the Place VendOme
with private motors waiting while
their owners have their dresses fitted.
their hats tried on, their shoes ad-
justed. or their spirits revived with
tea and fresh strawberry tarts. 1t is
revelation in feminine luxury to see
the favorite tearoOms OF this neigh
borhoOd any fine afternoon al this
time of the year. Every little table
is surrounded by women so richly
dressed that each one carries a for
tune on her person. Her jewels, her
laces, her feathers, her dress, and
every minor detail Of her toilette are
absolutely perfect according to the
laws of fashion, and the more simple
the general effect, the more eXpen-
sive are the separate points.
Frenchwomen are wearing all kinds
of feathers, and the prices they pay
for them are stupendOCs. 1t is in
vain that humanitarians appeal to
them on the grounds of cruelty; moth
ing seems powerful enough TO wean
the Frenchwoman from her feathers.
Yet it would not be difficult to write
verse about the charm of the flower
hats, especially the white ones which
are now the fashion; white satin with
, a tight trimming of white asters,
white MORE with grasses. white tat
fetas with water-lilies, and always in
shapes that are becoming. The draw
back to the white hats is that they
need the right complexion; otherwise
they make a tired face look more
tired and sallow skin look sahower
The main point is not to have the
white directly on the hair and near
the face, but a line of black velvet
under the brim will generally put the
whole thing in tone.
The End Of the Tight Skirt.
We may write the obituary of the
tight skirt, for it's day is done, and
that of the flowing one has dawned
All the dressmakers are showing
models with killed tunics which are
quite long enough to be called skirts,
although a narrow underskirt still
! protests against too much liberty for
our feet. But even in the case of the
| underskirt there are scollOps which
| make for width; where a month ago
| a slit would show a stOckinged leg, il
| now discovers satin underskirt
Waists and hips are being swathed
J in broad sashes, knotted loosely
! either behind or at the side. and the
| effect is a rounded waist-line and
slightly protruding hips. not exagger-
ated, scarcely indicated indeed, but
| there, nevertheless. The bodice worn
with these skirts is a long, straight
affair with long sleeves; sometimes
it buttons behind, sometimes in front
and again. it may be, fastened down
| the left side from the shoulder. 1t is
| not bloused and it does not quite fit,
but it loosely follows the lines of the
| figure. At the throat it is slightly
open in square cut fashion softened
! by loose frills or folds of net. A mod,
ell seen this week was in black lib
, erty with a white liberty tunic trim
med with bands of black satin ribbon
in different widths, at least five rows
of them and the topmost quite mar
row. A broad sash swathed the waist
and the underskirt was scolloped and
frilled near the feet. Several modes,
made much on the same lines, but