The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-21
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Latest heos From Porls And NeYork On h6mans Apparel
And Helpful Suggestions For The Household I
By EGHE RIrTEnHoUsE

There is a strong revival of interest
in the tailored suit, according 10
dressmakers and tailors, and the
problem to be solved is the blouse
to go under the coat.
New York.-There is no longer any
doubt of the recrudescence of the tail
ored suit.
1t is strange that during the four
years of the war America has put her
money into one-piece frocks, while
Paris has taken the strictly tailored
coat and skirt as the uniform for the
street. France admits that the Ameri-
can makes the best looking coat and
skirt in the world and that the Ameri-
can women carry it off with more dash
and assurance than is possible to the
women of Europe. Even the English do
not wear their own invention as well as
we do.
There is still a large class of women
who prefer the one-piece frock because
of its economy. They insist that the
coat suit does not meet the needs of
the American winter climate and that
be added to give sufficient wa. NTH in
be added to give sufficient. farmth in
all those ATTITUDES where SHOW is not
regarded as super normal The one
piece frock, they explain, is cool enough
for the house and can be made warm
enough for the open by the addition of
a cape or top coat and more or less fur
COAT SUIT IN THE HOUSE
Nobody can dodge the difficulty of
managing a coat suit if one must wear
it both in the open and under the roof. 1t
is not necessary to recount to women
the vexation of having to remove coat
in the house because of the warmth, to
reveal wash blouse that is not fresh
and sometimes not clean
The way out of this problem is the
colored blouse, and until all the women
accept it there will always be a ques-
ton raised as to the serviceability of
a coat suit as the mainstay of winter
wardrobe.
The French tailors advance the colored
or white silk jersey blouse with short
peplum below the waist. The American
tailors advocate blouse the color of
the suit, with a white or cream collar,
a blouse that does not tuck in under the
skirt belt If one wears such blouse,
there is no difficulty in removing the
coat at the theatre, at a restaurant or
at any public place.
These blouses are often embroidered
with bullion threads: they are partly
chiffon; they have an ornamental belt,
and they form. with the skirt frock.
THE FLARING COAT
The problem of the blouse is more
difficult than the problem of the suit,
for one chooses a coat and skirt that is
particularly becoming to the figure, and
this is easy to do in America. Dark
colors are in fashion, especially deep
Burgundy. three shades of brown. dark
blue and gray. The fabrics are home-
spun. velours and serge, if one wishes
70 foIlew the French.
The difference between the coat of
yesterday and that of today lies in the
flare at the hips and the straight line
to the chin. All the coats are made
so that they can be buttoned up or.
thrown back into large Directo)re revers.
The sleeves are long and extend well
over the hand, and the part below the
watt rlples orly at the sides or is cut
circular and flares all around the figure
Few ooatr are straight Few have
waistcoats, Few have belts. There IS
a manipulate OF of the material at or be-
low the waistline, and this IS especially
trd. when a circular peplum is attached
t. a straight, long-waisted top.
The suit which is sketch, u shows ali
these points, and it accentuates the fact
that the American street skirt has