Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-23
9nch and American Prices for Newest Gowns

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in widely separated strips: The oh
server, will never know. that it. Is
economy. 1t looks fashionable. That
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q Fortunately for the woman who
must economize. or rather. the SEN
sibie woman who will not put all she
has Into clothes, there is a wide
choice Of mat erials forth coat suit.
Duvetyn In fashionable. but 1t Is not
more sought after than any OF the
warm homespuns which are brought
over from Great Britain and made in
North Carolina on the Biltmore es-
tate. $50 - '-t~.-' ~-} -, r"'' = ..
Velvet and velveteen are not FREE
quently offered for coat suits, all
both are used for frocks.
Whatever is near suiting, as II 10
called, whatever has a sturdy weave
like the suits worn. by London women
and men. is an admirable material
to get. It, is not. cheap, but It out.
lasts the softer fabrics.
Serge was so strongly sponsored by
the French dressmakers that IT has
its place for a coat suit today, al
though no one pretends that 1t is
warm enough for the American VIM
ter climate. As the. coat is not lift-
ed from the suit during this fashion
era, a woman really cares very lit.
tie whether her coat suit is SUN.
GENTLY warm. She considers 1t .
frock and wears 1t as such. rarely
showing what kind Of a blouse 10
beneath it. She : features blouses
when she wears a short sport. skirt
and a warm, rich sweater-one Of
the new kind that has taken a grip
on the public and kept the name and
the garment from slipping into OBJ
livion.
II one has to buy material for
coat suit. there is the delightful fact
that skirts are still narrow. that
they are shorter than they were, and
that the hip-Iength jacket continues
to rule. This means that one does
not have to get an inch more ma.
terial than last winter, IL as much.
Some or the tai1ors put elbow
sleeves into coat suits, in accord.
ance with the fashion for short arm
coverings, but the conservative wom-
an, she who tries to dress Wen, not
only for one season, but for the next,
will not have the sleeves in her coat
suit cut to the elbow. She may have
the Chinese sleeve with it's heavy em-
broidery at the edge and its tight
wristlet of velvet, but that is more
for frocks than for coat suits. It
has been widely adopted in long
redingotes that certain houses have
persuaded the world to wear, but
.these garments are not even first
cousins to the American coat suit
which has to serve our active women
in the same way that mans busi-
ness suit serves him.
There is an effort on the part Of
certain individuals to bring back the
narrow skirt Of checked material and
the two-button cutaway coat Of dark
fabric. Here and there one sees well
dressed women who can carry off
this costume, and they stand out
strongly against a background OF
duvetyn, fur, homespun and stitchery.
But woman must be quite sure Of
her style, she must be sure that she
can afford to look different from her
neighbor, before she attempts this type
of street costume. @
II she can carry 1t off. 1t is a saw
ing of money in a way, for she can
get the skirt at a department shop
: or have it made by a seamstress and
then place the bulk Of her money on
a perfect-fitting cut-away coat made
by a man who knows Row to make
mems coats. 1t is the one type Of
jacket that cannot emerge from q
: careless hand with any success. A
:. poor worker may hide his blunders
in any other kind of coat which the
: American woman chooses, but not in
this one. ass. =.
With the exception OF this type OF
: costum there is no Partially shown
: to the skirt of one material and de-
; sign and the coat Of another. The
American woman today Is afraid Of
too much novelty; she hesitates al
choosing conspicuous suit or gowr
g because she is touched with thu
thought or economy No one is SAT,
: from 1t today. With prices wher,
they are and with the increasing de.
: mands OF labor, no woman who ha.
Q any vision wants to indulge in al
r orox, re cono c,,noS IclCt1,oS which