The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-05-10
new epoch FOR
MILADY'S STYLES
Hit or Miss Fashions Bring
Home Dressmaking Again
in Vogue.
LAST WORD FROM PARIS
Wraps. However. Will Defy Efforts Of
Amatcur-Hats Grow Alarm
insly in Height.
LAST WORD FROM PARIS
n, NINE. RENEE DUvANT.

Special Cable to The Washington Herald.
| Paris May 9.-Here we are again In
an epoch OF home dressmaking-at least
for those who have both the talent and
! the taste for that sort OF thing.
Some very rich ladies are fond OF this
| amusement. And since 1t Is such, why
! find fault with them?
What specially makes home dressmak-
| ing tolerable Is not wild new impulse
OF economy on the part OF the fair-for
\ this would render excusable many rasher
| efforts-but the remarkable laxity OF
! fashionable standards.
There is no longer such a thing as the
| impeccable cut for a garment. The vari-
atoms, the departures from fixed lines,
are infinite. There Is a profusion Of
garniture. of attached pieces, beneath
which the approximate in elegance is
easily dissimulated. SO that the untutored
eye may And in the whole something OF
real elegance itself.
Jacket Bulge Is "Chic."
It is chic" in these days for the
| jacket to bulge out in the back, for the
skirt to be longer behind than In front.
| for the blouse to have the appearance
of having been put on with the back
| where the front should be. With such a
hit-and-miss fashion the ordinary seam
stress employed at intervals by most
French families. finds that she can do
wonders.
But IL this Is true of many kinds Of
robes, It is not true of the latest wraps.
The cape will figure in a very important
| sense as distinctively marking the course
of fashion.
1t will be in the highest degree
picturesque. with ideas OF form and Of
draping borrowed from both the classical
and medieval times.
Certain leaders OF style wear mantles
so voluminous that the ends in front
are flung back over the shoulders, with
much the same effect as that of
Roman toga.
But the novelty Of novelties is the cape
that falls from the shoulders like wings,
while broad band. of the same or diff
ferent stun. suggesting in form an an
Gent phylactery, attached in yokelike
fashion. passes around the back Of the
neck. serving there as a sort of collar.
and descends at great length in front,
where II is usually crossed on the breast
or just below it. being sometimes carried
twice around the waist quite like a
loose belt. and tied in a large knot either
at the side or behind. In warm colors,
or at least with a bright lining, which is,
of course, abundantly shown, II gives a
charming. semi-romantic accumulation TO
the figure.
The hats actually in vogue are grow
ing alarmingly in height. Some of the
single plumes seem to reach to the skies,
and the crowns OF the narrower toques or
round hats have a tendency toward ex-
aggeration of proportions. Both these
symptoms may be accepted as precursors
to the inevitable reaction.
Already a speedy return to breadth Of
brim seems to be indicated. Whether
such return will outlive the summer or
autumn. of course, cannot we'll be pre-
dicted.
The large hats will be very fiat. In
some instances the brim is made of tulle
flounces, one above another. dark or light
in hue. to harmonize with the gloves.