Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-06-16
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little for quality or workmanship and
spend all on style. 1t is for this rea-
son that America presents the most
brilliant and dashing conglomeration
of young women in the world. The
shops cater to this immense crowd.
which perfers five cheap gowns that
are smart to one admirable gown that
is conservative.
1t looks now as though American
women are to be divided into TIVE
camps-those who put all their money
into one conservative. well built
gown that must last, and those who
now and then buy frocks that have
chic and that incorporate the new
fashion features.
And. mind you, there will be poor
women in the first camp and rich
women in the other. Rich women
who have always given $3.50 for a
gown are now paying $40, with 81 for
alteration: and those who have never
INDUCED in a high-priced frock are
putting all the eggs into one basket.
going to a good place and Diminishing
the clothes question from their minds
for a season by choosing one frock
which, from the nature Of its work
manship. must last.
All the straws point to the fact that
the former method will be the most
popular. We are a restless nation.
We thrive on change and variety.
Put us into a standardized costume
OF sackcloth and ashes and our morale
would break mp like a house Of cards
depression. Give us what we need as
nation-what all young nations
need-and we will do our duty bril-
liantly and successfully.
tn<. Al l.
Paris when she arranged to have the
best models instantly copied in cheap
materials. and sometimes slipshod
workmanship. to be sold at small
prices
1t is amusing to hear the TRADE of
sarcasm and Indignation that French
designers direct against the Ameri-
can stores for stealing their models
and selling them at low prices, as If
A amer. was the only guilty party.
Place Vendome, where one pays $500
Tor gown, the Galleries Lafayette
VIII oner a cheap copy Of 1t for $25.
II the designers cannot stop such imi-
their own neighborhood, how can
they expect to stop it three and six
thousand miles away?
II rs this trick over here. however.
that is the despair Of the high priced
dressmakers and the delight Of the
shops that sell cheap clothes.
The dressmakers rest their in
nreasshg optimism concerning high
pIieea ciothes-an optimism based on
.ns iact mat tne oressmaking busi-
ness mas NOT suffered since the war
On me ldea that women Will always
neeu 70 DC ntteo Tor good gowns. The
average figure can buy the cheap
sown. put the Iastfdious woman can
h NO. wear u because II does not fit
. anu the woman VINO has hgure
nt from the normal can
nut even contemplate such gown.
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praise NJ III. oh..n r..s
"e eheop ieaos
ffock IN America. 1t is cut on the
most exceptionally good lines that
cap no sxnac,aa a. s,,oh .;.o
~
the pest workers OF the Galleries
Lafayette do not surpass. and some
times do M, coma, m. Ane-,c., out
tefs, VINO WORK by the hundreds on
gowns that are sold by the thousands.
We nopst have an erceedinp,v pood
national figure. That is the Comment
of the foreigners who see our women
in the ready-to-wear, quick-to-buy,
smarf-to-IooL chaan anwns No.
are sald in everv citv on this con
tinent
Two woman haye worn Erepcb
gowns with hiuh wired ontstanf1ing
Eedici collara 81 tace ana tn1Ie nnn't
let this fact SLID YOUR memory for an
instant IL Won are vitality interssted
in the new tbings that come nm sud
danIw ower tha orinnn I'M 1880 sc
NAM folIowars - o''e
The Madici coi.r hoe oor,e ard ,o,a
since Catherine hromsbt II from f heIv