The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-19
DRESS AND SUGGESTIONS
ANNE n,iRss-,Hoy.. FOR WOMEN
Jenny has introduced coat suits which
carry very high girdles that differ
in color and fabric from the ma
terial of the coat.

terlal of the coat.
New York, September 1S.-The gowns
which have arrived from France show
an unusually good assortment from the
house of Jenny, who has become the idol
of American women. This statement is
not meant to suggest the idea that every
woman who follows the costumes OF
Jenny, even from afar, knows that she
has shown a Partially, in pronounced
measure toward this Paris designer
1t is up to the expert to tell woman
who her idol is. After the first French
models are shown, with the labels Of
the vast army of imitators and copyists
on this continent 90 to work and pro-
duce the gowns by the thousands. They
are worn by women to whom the Champs
Elysees may really be French for the
heavenly fields which we all hope to
enter after death.
Jenny has had an insidious influence
on American costumery. The success of
her models is probably due to the gem
uine lady-like quality which they have
Look like a lady" is a phrase that is
in the mouth of thousands of Americans,
although it is utterly unknown in Eu-
rope. This very expression in itself, as
it applies to fashion, would serve as an
admirable text for the psychologist of
the American mind in mass.
! We have such ambitions
A RUSH OF VELOUR
The material which Jenny seems to
like is velour. She is not alone in this
| choice. All Paris has given this soft
wooden fabric the medal of honor. It's
sister, duvetyn, and its rival, panne vel
vet, are both chosen for all kinds of
costumes, and it is evident that America
is to go through winter of soft, cling
ing costumery.
This is well; it is a peculiarly graceful
and happy way to clothe ones self. Stiff
fabrics may have beauty in themselves.
but they lose it as soon as they are
chosen to cover the human form. They
disguise whatever good we have in our
figures. Velour, duvetyn and panne vel
vet disclose it. They are apt to give
grace where grace is not They lend
themselves to all the skill that is in
a designers fingers. The stiff brocades
glittering with gems in which our fairy
book heroines were always dressed and
our childish imaginations as the height
of splendor, are poor expressions OF
beauty, after all, when that beauty is to
be Incorporated in dress.
A NOVEL WAY WITH PLAID
A suit of velour which Jenny has sent
to this country and which will prove to
be winning number, is in two shades
of tan velour, and plaid effect is
worked out in such a curious manner
that one is in doubt about the final eff
feet You can see for yourself what 1t
looks like in the sketch which is given.
The dark tan checks are splashed on
the costume in the careless manner that
an artist splashes few zigzag lines on
the background of a picture. The skirt
is plain and narrow, the Jacket has a
slim top and slightly full peplum that
covers the hips. The outstanding fea-
| ture is an enormously wide girdIe of
white velvet which is pulled up to the
bust at the top and down over the waist
at the lower edge.
| They say we're to wear these extraor-
! binary belts on our new coats and SO
| 1t Is quite well to pay attention to the
| idea, to see If the fashion will suit your
| figure Colored sashes and belts have
| been taken up in vast variety of ways.
| If one is to judge by the autumn clothes.
For instance, dark blue velour coat
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broidered girdle that covers the whole
center part of its surface. one-piece
froclx Of dark red will have an immense
girdle of American blue velvet that
wrinkles from bust almost to hips and
is invisibly closed at the back
Mind you, there Is no intention to
tighten the girdle or to allow the coat
to sag above it, the waist is Strengthened
out by belt that does not curve in, and
the top of the coat Is cut on the slim
lines of an infantry Jacket.