Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-03-23
BUYERS RETURN
FROM PARIS WITH
SPRING MODELS
Short Full Skirts and Long
Coats Are Most Pronounced
Features of Styles for Com
ing Season,
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New York March 22-The buyers
have returned from Paris. Almost ali
the Partisan dressmakers held their
| openings, and the buyers bought their
models and hurried them To the
steamers TO get them well on their
/ way before the maritime blockade
/ should be enforced
Inc New York openings occur inn
/ medlately after the Partisan openings.
merely giving the buyers and their
pooty "A chance To arrive
\ brief summary OF what is shown
from Paris IN our openings here In
/ New York follows:
skirts are short and full, coats are
/ long, three quarters and very short.
4 Narrow loWcr skirt sections are placed
! beneath a wide overskirt which al
most covers this lower section which
| rs often of chiffon or lace-an odd
1 but effective feature Of summer
/ modes. Simplicity Is the marked ten
depey II all these new gowns. The
eolors are less vivid, and in crude
khaki beige, sand and the numerous
! plum colors.
The high waistline and the normal
one has taken the place Of the moyen
age line in many of the models. al
/ though the long line is often expressed
In the girdle which comes down over
the hips
The short round and pointed
basqucs are combined with fluffy,
! frilled skirts. In my illustration is
shown dress made of striped taffeta.
The short waist is round, with a slight
point directly in the front The square
/ Cabot neck is a very much more be-
coming line at the neck than the
straight Dutch or round neck. The
fun skirt IL especially attractive ana
summary with ruffles which dip in
the front and back, and are about
knee-length az the sides.
For some time the corset-makers
have been making their corsets to
curve in little 1T the sides, and give
the slightly smaller waist effect, and
then they added a little to the height
Of the corset and added inserts of
elastic to the backs and fronts Some
of the very newest models which are
being sent out to try the market are
undoubtedly pinching the fronts a
trifle, II is hard to tell whether this
is a forerunner of what we may eN-
pect in small waists, or merely a com
promise N order to take care Of such
a contingency if it should suddenly
come upon us
Partisan sketches show a strong
tendency toward straight girdles.
which are worn at the normal waist
line. These are more becoming to the
waist that is "nipped' in a trifle than
the one which is straight up and
down
The dainty muslin frocks, which
are already being made for summer,
have three-inch belts of black velvet
ribbon.
The high collar is very smart, but
Paris has swerved trifle from her
allegiance to it and is wearing one
which is high in the back and open
/ in the front one very pretty collar
which | noticed was straight band
/ of batistp buttoned in front with tiny
| buttons, and, around the TOP, four trl-
angular pieces of the same edged with
narrow lace overlapping one another
around the neck and falling over the
high, boned band.
Lace and taffeta are combined a
great deal for afternoon frocks. one
charming dress of taffeta is four
yards wide at the hem. The waist is
tight, and from the waistline begins
pdDd VI tue SAINT Nbioit WHltH NlHu'
in spiral effect around the hips and
downtown to the hem, getting wider
at each turn.
The suits being strictly tailored in
their style require suitable materials.
Serge, gabardine, gabardine wolfe,
which is the lightest-weight fabric
obtainable for tailored suits and new
fabric called grosgran serge are now
among the smartest materials shown
as well as the most serviceable
Linens in bright stripes, almost like
the awning stripes of a year ago, are
very smart for waists and novelty
suits Chiffon, wolfe, Organdy and
handkerchief linen are the fabrics,
which are used mostly for the seasons
blouses, which are of course, very
popular owing TO the tailored suits.
silks come in serges and coyerts,