The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-02-16
ASSURED SPRING AND
SUMMER STYLES

American manufacturers have &C
copied Paris fashions for the com
ing Spring more generally than ha
been the case in past seasons, an
fewer notifications have BEEF
found necessary in order to adap
them to the American trade. This i
because Paris herself, circumscrib
ed by conditions incident to tn
great war, is taking pains to design
her garments with a view to agree
ment with American ideas ant
tastes.
American makers are showing &
disposition to indulge more literally
in the extreme styles brought out
for the new season, having in mind
the strengthening of their position
with that trade which has hereto
fore felt under the necessity of 60.
ing to Paris or other European cen
tiers for clothes. Experience of the
past season of two has been such as
to warrant them in expecting a
more generous response for the
coming spring period.
Retailers may well follow the lead
of the makers all the more since
there has been evidenced inclination
on the part Of customers to buy bet
ter merchandise and, in fact, to pay
almost any price in order to get
what they want.
Besides, the retailer owes it to
himself to show his clientele that he
is "up to snuff" in so far as his
knowledge of fashion is concerned,
and that he is prepared to 60 to the
limit to furnish the most approved
styles.
Fashions for Spring, 1917, in
brief are as follows:
Great variety in figure lines in
bodices and in coats straight-line
and semi-fitted effects both being
featured. Suit coats are in both
short and medium length and some
novelties have been introduced
which are full length; the last utili-
ty purposes.
The outstanding fashion charac-
teristic of the new sport garments
for Spring is their strong color note,
secured either by the use of vivid
colors for the entire garment, or by
the employment Of striking color
combinations. There is also indica-
ted strong vogue for white.
Among what may be termed the
freak characteristics Of fashion,
some Of which appear with the ad-
vent of every season, is the barrel
skirt, an effect which usually wild
ems the skirt from just below the
hips to the knee and then gradual
ly narrows until at the hem it, inca
surement Is somewhat less than the
ordinary skirt shows. This barrel ef-
feet is also sometimes indicated in
coats. In skirts, Grecian draped ef-
fects are used to secure the barrel
effect.
One Of the strong basic elements
Of fashion is the Russian inspira-
ton. carried out in numerous Cos
sack effects, as, for example, in
waists which are finished in out
side-of-the-skirt styles. The Russian
effects calls for the straight figure
line and variety of lengths in pc
plums.
Flat Neck Finish i Novel
The flat neck finish is one of the
new and prominent fashion charac-
.eristics. The gown or waist Is col
arless and the neck finish is usually
If the simplest kind. For this style
# neck finish, number Of large
:ollar shapes have been provided,
including sailors, sailor capes aid .
,umbep Of draped effects.
The bell-shaped sleeve is one Of
he new things, carried out in .
lumber Of clsyer ways, usually in
hree-quarter or half length, al
hough the short bell shape ct the
'lboW n frequently suppIementedl