The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-03-29
EUGEN|C CLOTHES
FOR WOMEN OF 1924
DRESS WILL BE MORE MANLIKE
AND INDEPENDENT. SAYS
M. POIRET.

PARIS, March 28.--M. Paul Poiret.
that free lance among the artists of
the gowns, is nothing If not original.
He Is the couturier of artists and the
ultrafashionable in the domain of
La Mode He Is what the Ihdepen-
dents are to the Academy.
II am an eclectic explained M.
Poiret. Il hold that every woman
has her own particular tenue. and IT
Ia for her to discover her personal
aethctics. am often asked what
Is the shade in fashion?
ITO YOU frankly. DO not
know j - not care a. rap what the
fashionab -olor Is.
.It Is essence of a woman to
he yarla changing. 1t Is the
essence Non to be narrow and
intoierant
'Consco tlp a woman of true ell
egance 81 4 shake off the letters of
fashion ~ lie original and disttnc-
tive.
Il grant you there are higher in
fuences to which all alike submit.
There are circumstances. They may
be political they may be patriotic
and the liito--which strike vividly the
public lima cindtion.
TAKE, .or instance. Napoleon Bo-
naparte in Italy. when he began ex-
cavating ut Pompeii. Nine. Tallien
appeared in Etruscan costume
straight and slit down, with high
waist and hair arranged to give
long profile.
The Wind OF Emancipation.
Fashion which is made by woman
Is naturally very sensitive. IT Is
barometer which responds to every IN
fiuerce. l need only remind YOU or
the recent rage for Bulgarian embroi-
derry, and before that or the faf
Eastern influence in very VIDE sleeves
with Chinese embroidery. Now, II
you ask me what is the transCendenf
influence today. | reply that. III my
opinion. ii is the wind. OF eman2ipa-
ton passing over woman driving nef
always toward more masculine iofns.
1t Is my impression that the tendehey
Will be more and more IN the direction
OF what If plain and severe. and that
clothes will become more ana more
rational and cugenic with a view 10
the practical. In a word. woman
dress will become more and more
maniike and independent
Fashions Ten Year, Hence.
NJ. poiret paused a moment and
then, az one bound. leaped decade
into the future.
II have lust furnished two designs
of dresses which will. | foresee, he
the fashion some len years hence
This day ! sAaH have them duly GER
pct them under seal nutii the day, ten
years hence, when | will resume pos
session and open tine packet, tNe al
man turning up tho tinai card al pa
t.ence 10 see whether he Is right or
wrong.
NJ. Posrct then exhibited the fate
FIJI designs Of what our sisters and
cousins and aants Will look Like IN
1873.
The FIRST woman wore her hair
piastercd hack over ihe head IN the
manner affected sometimes i'y Young
people nowadays. the collar Wa q
soft linen turned down something
like an Etonisn.~-svcr ara unmis+@hsAt
bic mans ta.iurw4de Jacket
The sk sepagtteg Sharply from
the rnees into ieoss trousers, when
allow an eniirc!r .gc" gait l}ut wo~
man Is nct entI;eis %iiT" mated 1of~ aeF
hand can still i've traced in suca de-
tails as the tic, which Is more artts-
t,eativ fnoited thar man $.
The second woman was similar.
with tho exception thai her Jacket
showed more fanciful cut. The
armholes orc sceoped nut ana tue
shoulder strap is narrow, Ike a
brace. the ohtect being 10 allow the
arm perfect freedom Of movement.
THE gloves arc out and out masculine,
like present day motor driving gloves.
with gauntlets over the wrist.
Beneath the Jacket may he seen
the fans Of a waistcoat. long pointed
edges as now The trousers renints-
cen, of the almost forgotten skirt. are
gathered In front in order 10 mask
the figure.
II viii not predict fashions con-
ettded NJ pairet flor | dHown fash
ION. / am "A believer only in the in
fiuences and if we continue TO UNDER
70 the Influences now in force be-
lieye that we shall be irrcsistibly car.
ried Inward masculine forms