Middletown transcript., 1917-11-17
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deeD fringeS by the AfszOnd men,
If has a sturdy, slouchy, artistic air.
It is quite adorable on the youngstei
who pitches on q cowboy hat of bfacl,
panre velvet as an adjunct to its kfikl
| tones. 49,
Then there is another gown BY
Bulloz which is well known and which
carries out his idea of using the Per.
sian tree of life as q means Of oSi
namenting the skirt. You may ref.
member that the sensational gown
called "Griselidis" which W as worn
last season by Mary Garden when she
sang the opera by that name, also had
this symbolic Persian embroidery as
its claim to fame.
Blazing Embroidery on Skirt.
This new gown is Of black tulle and
satin, with slight cascades formed by
ruffles that go across the front of the
| figure and ripple down the sides; these
ruffles are edged with silver ribbon,
and they display, as though they were
a lifted curtain, the audaciOuS and
blazing embroidery on the front Of the
skirt. In the center, just where these
| cIrtain ruffies are lifted, there is a
huge Persian ornament that might
have been worn by Haroun-al-Raschid.
This gown is for the few, not the
many.
| 1t is well that woman should know
most of the over-popular French mods
| h0fnrn hn 1S or clothes
because if she is ignorant of these par
| ticular expressions Of the fashion by
certain designers, she is apt to buy a
gown of which she will become ex-
! ceedingly weary before Christmas.
However, she is the only one who
can judge whether or pot she wants
to wear what everyone else has, or
something different.
The shops have copied most of the
French models, and will sell the origi-
nails at any price they can demand.
The American copies are not exact and
are often more adaptable to our So
cial life and activities than the origi-
nails. We have progressed so far in
fashions that we take the French sill:
houette, q peculiar kind of material or
trimming, q high neck or a long
sleeve, and we make salad of our
own of these ingredients. This is as
it should be.
The originality and inventiveness Of
our apparel people have been expended
on the one-piece frOck and topcoat.
This is the fundamental fact that one
gathers from reviewing all the clothes
by all the people.
There are frocks that are warm
enough for the street with bit Of fur
or one of the swinging, army capes
which have not been Ousted from fash
ion by popularity.
There are thin One-piece frOckS that
need sturdy coat over them to give
protection. There are afternoon
frOcks that may serve, as far as color
and fabric go, for restaurant and the
ater frOcks, with the addition of fur
coat.
The tailored suit is not offered for
any kind of ceremonial occasion. 1t Is
worn by the individualists and by
those who feel that they are not COM
fortably dressed unless they are in
this kind of conventional harness.
One-Piece Frocks Popular.
The girl who works, the woman who
plays and the millionaire in Red Cross
activities are different types of women
who go in for the one-piece frock and
get the variety which they insist they
need in life by adopting this kind of
costumery.
Never before has there been such q
collection here of one-piece black vel
vet gowns. They greet one at every
glance of the eye. No one has tried
to make them portentious or unduly
ornamental The severe ones, which
are the best ones, have the now fa-
nous surplice bodice which Is drawn
across the bust and passed around the
waist to tie in the back or brought for
ward to tie in the front. The skirt
has a bias tunic to give slimness, or
it is very slightly gathered and has
an almost imperceptible inward curve
at the hem.
Velveteen is offered for serviceable
frOcks, and chiffon velvet for indoor
gowns.
Beige colored frocks trimmed with
Kolinsky, putois and Hudson seal are
common and yet altogether satisfying.
When these thin frocks have fur hens,
there is a velvet and fur coat that goes
over them.
Copyright 1917, by the Mcclure Newspa-
per Syndicate)