Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-28

"HE merry -go-round of fashion
continues. Each of the great
centers where women's apparel
Is sold reports an extremity OF
business that has caused the
workpeoplc n loss Of sleep and threat
ened the heads of the departments
with a nervous collapse.
Naturally. women object to having
their gowns copied, and there Is
hubbub in the apparel world concern
ing the we'll established fact that the
gown which is imported at cost OF
$500 can be bought for $50 as a copy
at one of the ready-to-wear shops.
There is no remedy for this condi-
tlon. The woman who insists upon
wearing models that are exhibited
during this month Of October must
face the fact that she Is apt to be
repeated thru the streets or at parties
as tho she were gazing into maze
of mirrors.
There are experts who say that the
remedy for this condition olies in the
hands of the American designers.
They say that II the latter will create
hundreds of gowns which are as
agreeable and satisfying to women as
the French models, there will be
chance for individual dressing.
This sounds well, but there are
great difficulties in the way OF estab-
fishing IL as a reliable theory. An
American designer who has made
remarkable reputation for her clothes
insists that she does not design more
than a dozen models during season
and that she hopes to sell "A thousand
gowns from these models. There you
are.
The knowledge of gowns-their sill
houottcs their fabrics, their various
&c a during
this month to those who are seeking
not to be injured hy buying what they
don't want. II Is not necessary to
purchase a gown merely because II
strikes your fancy; IL is very good
thing to see everything that can be
arranged for your inspection and
then, out of all of them, choose the
which you think is the least apt to
be worn by all your neighbors III
YOU don't mind this duplication on
every side, then buy the gown which
suits you, regardless of how often 1t
will appear.
But the main thing to remember is
that you must not be disappointed If
you're not individual. There are GER
tain gowns that stand out during this
month as symbols OF popularity.
The first one that comes to mind is
a Bulloz creation of a one-piece frock
made in deep brown velours with
slight cascade effect down the side OF
moderately narrow skirt. The dis
tinguishng 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 all the world like a woman's shop
ping bag spread out across the alb
domen and attached to the belt.
Another is a medieval gown of deep
purple velvet. with long, angel sleeves
and a sweeping skirt that goes to the
floor.
Another Is a coat suit in which the
jacket has deep point in front and
ripping hustle at the back.
There are a dozen more, but these
come to mind more quickly than any
OF the others.
The Algerian Skirt.
1t is extraordinary how the oriental
skirt has held its own. Here 1t is
with us again, and II one wanted to
be historical, it would be necessary
to go back to the early days OF Paul
Poret, then Nine. Cheruit and then
Callot and write of their efforts to
make this tucked-in oriental gar
ment the fashion.
Jenny has clung to 1t with a tenac-
ity worthy of a 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 fuilness at the
bottom up to a tight, narrow lining
and then allows II to swing free from
the legs as the wearer walks.
This season she has produced a
novelty in the form of skirt that is