Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-18
DRESSES
SEEN At PARIS
RACE MEET
V-Shaped Low-Cut Necks, Slash
ed Skirts and a Tango Garter
Shown at AuteuiI Opening.
specIaI cable to rhe Atlanta oeoraIan.

Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
PARIS, Feb. ia return to the
Empire styles in womens dress is the
keynote of the new fashions eXhib-
tied at the opening day of the season
for spring fashion at the Auteuil race
meeting.
The "merveilleuses" of last year
have given place to the "incroyables"
of Napoleonic days in short waists
and strong colors, especially blues
and wide stripes of blue and yellow
in new wooden material that looks
like heavy silk to the unframed eye.
Unusually short skirts caught up at
the back are marked features which
form a pleasant change from the
styles worn for several months past.
Plain colors are practically ban
lshed, except in very violent sulphur
or blue mixed with violet. In these
/ cases the material is a new cloth
called French flannel" which has the
weight almost of ratine and the I'm
lsh of flannel.
Toreador Cape a Novelty.
One of the most admired gowns
was a sulphur flannel, the skirt
adorned with three fiounces, perfectly
fiat in front. with circular sides and
back. The coat was very short, made
of striped cloth, with two pleats at
back held in place by two buttons.
1t showed a white waistcoat fastened
by single pearl.
A Spanish cape coat of heavy satin
carried across the shoulders and Sc
cured by ribbons under the arms, aft
err the fashion of the parade cloak of
Napoleon's Life Guards, is another
novelty that bids fair to have an ex-
traordinary vogue.
oil. ,sah to, cd he -
reader cape, has a wide turnover col
lar of Roman striped silk, and is
lined with chiffon of various pastel
hues, such as pale mustard vieux
rose, etc.
Except for these general character
istics the new fashions appear to
leave much scope for individual tastes,
and freaks promise to be as plentiful
as ever this year
Revised Harem Skirts.
A revised edition of the harem
skirt is popular among well-dresSed
women to-day 1t is the ordinary
skirt very tight at the hem, but when
the wearer walks it becomes appar-
ent that her ankles pass through two
separate openings pinned in soft
rolls. This device gives greater lib
erty of movement.
A flutter of excitement was caused
by the appearance of smart look
ing, tall girl wearing a white velvet
mask in the fashion of Venice in the
palmy days of the republic. She
strolled about leisurely, wearing the
most daring directoire gown ever
seen on a Paris race course.
In its general lines it exemplified
the tendency of to-morrow's fashions
inasmuch as 1t had a V-shaped open
ing at the neck and a slash In the
skirt revealed chiffon tango carriers
which appeared to be making frantic
efforts to meet about the high waist
Of the wearer An 1880 bonnet OF
ivory silk, trimmed with small silk
! roses. secured by white ribbons un-
der the chin, and a tall cane complet-
ed the old world picture.
The greatest novelty in jewels is to
| wear unmounted stones actually
stuck to the skin of the neck by
| means of a special adhesive prepa-
ration. A single large diamond or
ruby as the only adornment of a low
cut afternoon gown is very effective
and seems 10 be the acme of elegance
just now.