Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1915-10-14
NO SUCH THING
AS NEW" STYLES
Changes Rer9iy S,a1c3 Of Great
Ever R3VO.g.2y Cy5!a.


tion Says Leg of Mu. ). -.seves and
F.oune.J Skir.s 49, seen In Fres-
Goes CT $3.50 Years Aeo-orisin Of
Styles. ~. I
washington. There are no such
things as new styles in womens fash
Ions, according to Pierre Cerget. d.
rector Of the high school Of commerce
Of Lyons, France, as it appears by the
annual report Of the Smithsonian insti-
tuition.
Pierre Clerget after reviewing fash
ions from the days Of the Egyptians to
Tie present time shows that many
new styles for 1915 were known I'm
the period b. c.
AN English archaeologist, Mr.. Ev-
ans writes NJ. Clerget, found in the
Mycenaean palace Of Knossos in Crete
some irescoes painted 1,4OO years be-
fore our era showing ladies' Of the
court clothed in resplendent garments,
with enormous leg Of mutton sleeves
held to the neck by narrow ribbon;
their nounccd skirts, ornancntcd with
embroidered bands, are expanded be-
hind by enormous bustles."
Thus IS the bubble Of the modern
creation Of styles plichod
lt'was dmlng tAc rli-u Of Francis ].
and Henry H., T tie fourteenth and
ihcen,h centuries, that women's
gowns took on lines conforming TO the
body, having previously been chiefly
tuRios or robes Women then appeared
with fitted doublcts. skirts and wraps
with collars And thi~, says the au.nor,
was 'thc starting point Of fashion
whi.h will sleep only for perpetual re-
awakening, making cvolutlous IN irreg.
ullr cycles at the win Of its creators.
1.-The reign az Henry ~. brought us
the great bell skirt. bpilt ON springs.
which We fId later with the crinoilne."
he says. Then toward the end Of the
seventeenth century the fulIucss dimin-
ishcd giving way 90 padded dresses.
| Reduction IN the Size OF the skirt con-
tiuugd until about 1850. when fuilness
again came into fashion. ana by 1875
the skirts We're riliculously full There
wa an,.rr reaction. the hoopskirt.
gave ra. Grst TO the hustle then to
the one piece gown.
'Sa.r,s were very full again toward
/ 1870 aui passing through M sorts OF
erdn"a.uH with % partial return to
/ iu.Iuass iu the back, ended IN 1850 and
/ 1863 IN the eliminating point OF the
. Pluo.iuc. This marks The departure
. nom uiauulism and brings us toward
. ihp epoch when very simple and
straight robes were worn. until we
reach ,he other extreme. the cllnging
. gown, not forgetting the harem skirt.
. au c.lggemtcl revised edition Of the
/ ccecntri'ities OF the period from 1905 to
/ 1915"
And So the cycle revolvcs.
After outlining the effect upon styles
cxtrtel grt hy mouar,hs End then
more recently hy mpllstoa, ~ Clcrget
| gives ma expose OF tac manner n which
many styles are created and OF the
tribe often necessary Tor their coming
into being
ANY striking idca may Inspire a
/ fashion, BE- says Under Louis Phil
/ lip7r au fashionable young men Of the
capita. wanted their trnuscr, plated NJ
t-c hIls like ihra OF ns African
cha~oJ,s. Tro.adcro ribbons bc,ume
tAe r.-c as a souvenir ~ o., voyage
Of the Duke Of AngJulcme to spain.
aud the RusSo,ll'Nuys, war gave us
the hiuouo 10 is go tbs lus. lon Tor
sports that we owe the English STYLES.
thc SUCCESS of ~, tailor made costume,
the fashion for furs and leather EAR
mcuts.
Literature also has been a great In.
spuUtion, as shown 10y NE works u
Victor Hugo. The use OF white mus
Inns was the inspiration u Tuglioui. us
were the waves N the Danube tai.
feJas, ubil0 'Ataa' collars aud the
Marie Stuart hats werc successfully
wprn
"AJd. while we have spoken up to
. this point simply of clothing, we should
not think that this is the limit Of fash
iUus domain 1t cuatrals conversation.
the manner Of walking. how 10 shake
hands such a wcrl as 'epatsut l,tun.
niugi ewes To fashion It's recent admit
lance 60 the Dictionary of the Acadc-
my Tho general use NJ such % drink
. Is ten, che abandonment ~ wine In
certain clrclcs. vcgciur.anism may all
pc reS,rlcd rs Nsh,ouS. The passion
FOR travelling and Ter sport, becomes
, widespread. there Is less taste for
home, thcrc is less dcsire for books md
Interior Ornaments
what are thc economical results Of
fashion, asks NJ, Clcrcct And his
d answer, Is "Mrny and varied"
Changing fashions, he points out.
tend to aid first one commercial branch
then another. and so on indefinitely.
I In the matter OF materials, he says.
! the demand Is growing greater for
4 cheaper stutrs Of poorer quality aud
\ less durability.
4 But greatest of all sins which can he
! laid at the door Of fashion Is that lin.
terlccts are made frivolous thereby,
\ Those who pSidc themselves on appear.
I ,ng elegant are Obliged to make the
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