The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-11-29
LATE STYLES IN
GOWNS AND HATS
Pannier Returns and Hoops
About Hips May Be Seen
Sleeves at Vanishing Point.
BLACK AND WHITE POPULAR
colors Form Favorite Combination at
French Resorts-StriPes in Mar
row and Wide Arranaements-
Skirts Are Very Short

NaA 1870
From all signs this will be a de-
|cisive season In Paris in so far as
fashion creation is concerned. The de-
signers seem 10 have taken on their
old accustomed stride. They have
turned their efforts unreservedly TO
leadership in the world Of style.
To aid them in this crucial moment
there are arriving from the United
States. from South America. and from
England hosts Of buyers and fashion
experts 20 watch the latest develop
ments. This is almost a new expert
ence. At least Il is a revived expert
ence, for through the last five years
only the most favored OF buyers have
been allowed 10 cross the water and
only q few Of the dressmakers have
kept up their WORK with anything Ike
pre-war yigOr.
American women during the war
have developed a style all their own.
They are dressing now az suits the
climate and their life and their pur-
suits, which are quite different from
the French wOman's. And one sympa-
thizes with the buyers, who wonder
whether their clients at home will re-
fuse to accept the wonderful things
brought over from France. II their
eyes are trained only for beauty they
will be dazZled into letting all their
accumulated notions Of dress so by
! the board and the conservatives at
home will not be suited.
At this time Of the year all Of
| France, as all OF the rest Of the world,
seeks a cool spot; and so It is at Deau-
| Vile and the other resorts by the sea
| side that one looks upon the fashiOna-
bly, arrayed crowd OF women and is
/ able 70 gain some idea Of the trend
I Of the times as regards dress. They
/ are wearing the very latest things
/ from a French point OF view, and. Of
course, the majority Of the fall fash
| ions Will follow in some respects the
lines favored just now.
skirts Are Very Short
Well, the tendency is all in the d.
I Vi AAAE EhAA - AAAtA aAN GAAoA ANA
/ than anything America has Ner worn
or even dreamed about. You hear IL
/ said that the Parisians are wearing
/ their skirts very long. but when you
| see them with their skirts actually eT-
/ tending Just below their knees. so that
when their arms are raised the skirt
pulls above the knee, you know what
short skirt really is. II is easy on ma
terra and is extremely good looking
when the fig &c Of the wearer can
stand the strain. The skirts are tight,
| too, but what matters that when their
/ length is what il Is? No trouble about
Z taking q good. long step in a dress OF
this character. Then the coats, when
| II is a suit, reach almost TO the bot
/ tom Of the skirts. leaving. in fact. only
about two or three inches Of the skirt
to be seen. The coats are either strict
" tailored or they show a little full
ness about the hips. That tells a stcry
Of forthcoming ILLNESSES Of even
greater volume.
II IS so with the dresses. Always
there is q slight gathering Of extra
material whete the hips Join the waist.
II is the pannier that Is greeting US on
the broad highway Of fashion. As YET
It Is not large enough nor full enough
TO be alarming though there are ru-
mOrs OF hoops about the hips and even
about the bottoms Of the skirts.
The sleeves now In vogue can hardly
10 a 81. H--
just a little strip OF material over the
top OF the shoulder. In most instances
that is all. and the PariSians wear
them fearlessly for morning and after
noon. In the evening there is no sign
10 be seen Of sleeves.
Even the blOuSes for wear with
tailored suits are SCantily equipped as
20 sleeves. They will be quite high al
the neck, buttoning Up under the chin
most Uncomfortably on a hot day, and
then they viii have these little. made
Quate sleeves-thst IS. they are made
quate for anything except setting on
a good-lOoking arm.
Inieed, a FrenChwOman's dress Of
the present mode is little more than
two strips Of material sewed together
and cut kimonO fashion, though the
lines Of her frOck are not flowing;
they follow the outline Of her figure.
Evening E WIS. far from being an
exception 10 this rule, carry things 10
an exaggerated degree The economical
use OF material there extends TO the
neckline, which not only opens at back
30 the waist, but sometimes below that
point These gowns are low In front
also. All that Is used for the bodies
are two pointed strips Of material on
either side Of the front. In order 70
keep this on there are strings Of jewels
or beads attached 10 the points strung
around the neck, and from the back Of
the neck strung TO the waistline again
II Is the fabric Of the evening gown
that counts for everything and It's
drapinE.