Evening star., 1914-05-31

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monia, as tho scoffer would sug-
sest, but from the lack Of taste
shown by the fashions. 1t Is DIFF
ticut to dress really well today. wnesner
one has millions or pennies
For this reason the majority hope that
the approaching summer season will bring
a change One cannot hope for anything
drastic until the middle Of August, but
perhaps the French women will begin to
wear a few new things that are better
than the present ones when the June
races are in swing.
Really something should be done II
women are to retain q particle Of grace
or charm. There were those who cried
aloud against the fashions that have pre-
vailed during the last three years. prin-
cipaly on lack of modesty. but there
has not been day in the years immedi-
ately preceding this one when clothes
were as ugly. and when money and skill
seemed to have so little effect IN altering
conditions.
In dressmaking circles they tell you
ii Is because we are in a transition
stage We are in a cocoon and we may
burst forth at any hour into gorgeous
butterfly again. Well, all that the on
lOOheT Cali SdS 10 q pidyeA ehe1S VIC AAoS
weather may further and quicken this
transformation.
The student of dress wonders If all
this ugIiness is the result of fncesSant
criticism of the designers. or # 1t Is the
natural progress of things Is the pen
dulum swinging toward mediocrity after
brilliancy?
Each generation has had its change
from that which is ugly to that which
is graceful. and as far as the student
can see there has been no reason for 1t.
There mas always been more criticism
of what was lovely than what was ugly.
fur man has somehow been trained IN
mass to regard the mediocre as some
thing right. not only in clothes. but in
much else. Possibly this is SO because
he does not understand the other. And
by the word man one does not mean
only the male Of the species. but the
whole human race. There are many Who
going over that exhibition in the mod
srnists studio in New York Of things in
the worst possible taste. would say that
after all the Things gathered there were
preferable TO the Pompeian and French
houses OF the rich modern folk
The things we had are always better
70 many minds than the things we have.
This We'll known theory causes men 10
30 back with joy to the fashions or
preceding generation or decade. an dpos.
sibIy obstinacy or some other mental
vice Hike that will keep them from eX-
pressing their real opinion when they see
these fashions return.
A..
thlnh 'he present usii"es> VI eio''ies
comes from some sentimental feeling that
a return to what half the people cried for
was probably the correct thing TO do
for surely the French designers are not
such humorists that they saddled US with
these clothes just to prove to us that
what We wanted Was hideous
The French oressmakers are arnsts.
no hat'., "netnea .neS ZIP ZIP up SUI IN
b...t nsonIa in Tho wor.;d for the making
of clothes, or rather to originate ideas.
therefore one comes to the conclusion
thai theF are stFusShns to"a SUM
hsnt gu tlie no. .Hol .ha' ;o uo ~. g
"alh a4oHs any s,tee' III -Niie 20 ~ ~
day. in MAN street IN your own to"n
OF IN ',th avenue ana you are stlueA
o! the lacn ol sfacs III Women appt g.
why IS H. Nod ASK Houfssii. sell Noinsn .sn
look as though tneS We're dressed on tlie
remnants of the c-osets and the sewing
baskets EHeFe IS nothing dennite ABOUT
any gown There IS no We'll dehned Hhe'
n" Dominating Silhouette
Ever V oa1a.i seems to have been her
own dressEn34.er and has CHOSEN from
tine left-oge!S ,he pieces which so to-
sether in some i.mD!e Of color harmony.
She seems not To have had any plan.
She has dressed herself as child dresses
= doll and in nine tines out of twelve
rhe ras1IIt * the same
There are pi.ces out together that
sno,IId have heen thrown away. There
Is tn how and one thar contradicts
= ,y-.. -9y6ar.-.r -b.rs is an emnty
- - ,a. ,l.cad q ,oclst when
80" SO = - -. 80 shs has used an
'.ie 'a - -. > ~ s+,ass
o'he'' "t'"'"' i'
Ii LOOKS as though her skirt had proved
,,,;.d so,,a nI,ia stufy
~" sun :" ~ -.
to an under petucoat. Ihe jacket was
niaced ON the blouse
She is a mixture Of a Dutch boy, a
Turkish dancer, a directoire gentleman