The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1917-11-08
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IL IhoueTulpiy IuTTOW SKlrI. Inc 0l6s
tinguishlng feature is wide chain
made from gold mesh, which from
around the neck drops to the waist
and seems to support an immense
square of this gold mesh which looks
for oil the world like womun's shop
ping bag spread out across the alb
domen and attached to the belt
Another is medieval gown of deep
purple velvet, with long, angel sleeves
and sweeping skirt that goes to the
floor.
Another is coat suit in which the
jacket has deep point in front and
ripping hustle at the back.
There are dozen more, but these
come to mind more quickly than any
of the others.
The Oriental Skirt.
1t Is extraordinary how the Oriental
skirt has held its own. Here 1t Is
with us again, and if one wanted to
to go back to the early days of Paul
Polrct, then Nine. Cheruit and then
Cabot and write Of their efforts to
make this tucked-n, Oriental garment
the fashion.
Jenny has chung to 1t with tenac.
ity worthy of better fashion. She
has not varied the rather ugly line
of the skirt movement which she
adopted. She gathers the skirt to the
waistlne, turns the fullness at the
bottom up to tight, narrow lining
and then allows it to swing free from
the legs as the wearer walks.
This season she has produced a nov
more truly Oriental than the other,
and in this she Is side by side with
half dozen of the great French de-
signers who have shown this skirt
without any apology for its decided
Orientalism.
The distinctive feature in which this
new skirt differs from the old one,
both being taken from the Orient, Is
that 1t has two openings for the feet
and Is closed in the center, Such u
trick being adopted by smart society
gives the eccentric designers chance
to do daring and remarkable things.
There is one gown which has an
opening for the left foot, but not for
the right one. There Is another that
has two pear-shaped openings for the
feet directly in front, with the outer
edges of the hem sewed together, al
lowing the fullness to cling to the out
side of the ankles.
The only eccentric trick that re-
mains for some French designer to
do Is to put the opening for the right
foot at the back and the opening for
the left foot ut the front. Consider
ing what has been created, one ex-
poets such development of this par
ticular fashion at any moment.
There Is no use arguing against this
new type of Oriental skirt for evening
wear. 1t will prevail without doubt
among those who like what is new
and what is graceful, and there is no
denying the exquisite grace of this
type of Oriental ckirt, and the good
setting it gives to II slim ankle and
wcll-sEnped foot
| If there only could he law against
women with broad, thick ankles and
broad feet wearing this type of eve
ming skirt, we would be better
dressed nation but as yet no censor
Of fashions has arisen.
CaIIot's Gowns for America.
This development of new skirt Is
! not the only interesting feature of
fashions in this particular garment
A certain set of designers Is endeav-
Oring, despite the cry for economy In
material, to establish Il skirt that
touches the ankles for the street and
the toes for the evening.
A few of the best American design
ers are back of this movement In an
alliance with the French. There are
such leaders as Cabot, however, who
make no compromise, but cut the hens
of their skirts to the shoetops for the
street and an inch lower for the eve.
ming.
Another piece of bravado is the way
Cabot gives sleeves to her gowns
They are long sleeves, Or yes, quite
covering the arms as well as the back
but they're made of u single piece OF
tulle and are attached to nothing more
or less than moderately high girdlt
which does not reach the arms at til.
sides or back by several inches.
She has one gown with oyster white
sleeves and back of floating tulle made
from a piece of tulle drapery that Ii
banded for twelve inches with apple
green tulle, and across the front of thu
wrapped satin bodice Is bias banC