The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-09-17
FALL FASHIONS
One Piece Dresses Prevail-Low
Waist Lines Favored.

! Ohe FIece dresses PreVail-LoW
Waist Lines Favored.
Theer is subtle difference in the
style phases Of the little dresses"
for daytime appearance that dIstln-
guishes them from the immediate !
predecessors, and which at first
glance. may not be apparent to the
superficial observer The same sim
plicity Of Line marks their shaping |
the same girlish attributes of neck |
and sleeve details are again introduc-
ed, and discrete sober blue tricotine
or the sombre hues Of brown, black |
or green in duyetyns, yelyets, or
satins.
Nevertheless, to be quite up to the |
minute in our one-piece frocks, We
shall find it necessary to be off with /
the dress of last season and to con-
tentedly indulge ourselves in enc of |
the new models
! Upon close observation we note
many changes in the autumn dress
One is that the erstwhile plaits of
universal patronage have been sup
erseded by odd little pieces of cloth,
fiuted after the manner of the Egg.
pt!an garment, and appended to the
slim little frock, here, there and
everywhere in the most unexpected
manner but with careful eye to
balance and proportion making for
artistic and wearable ensemble. Or.
if one is wearied of plaits French,
ancient Egynton or plan American, I
attached, detached flying, or quis-
cent, then there is the ribbon or braid
lunderstudy - usually introduced
acros the hip line in several bows.
and thence going its own sweet way
to the skirt hem, where each ribbon
strand or braid piece is pointed
weighed with an ornamental ball
button or braid device. Always
there is a sense Of activity in the
wearing of such frocks-swinging
panels an indescribable appearance
OF dash and go, emnently characters
tic Of the yeryc and independence of
the latterday American woman
Never has color been so layishly
applied to dresses whose basic prin-
ciple is one of service. 1t has been
infused by way of the embroiderers
needle, the ribbon srdle, the yestee,
the hem facings anywhere that the
fertile fancy of the designed has
suggested.
The influence of the departing sea
son is shown in the new modes, prin-
cipally in the sleeves lengths and the
neck outlines Without question, the
short sleeve viii prevail for early au
tumn 1t is very gTlish for one
thing and accords so thoroughly
with the ccllarless neck and the alb
brayiated skirt that its absolute
withdrawal as style feature would
tend to mar the beauty Of the frock
as whole OF course there is the
sleeve Of three quarter length which
few OF us consider. Speaking in a.
style sense there seems no half
Way hat for the sleeves Either it
mus be short or it must be long,
From Paris comes word that several
Cd the leading countries have signed
their intention of stressing the
sleeve to wrist length by way of
marked departure from the modes
of the passing season, And undoubt
edly the American woman will glad
" endorse such length little later
on.
Practically all the cloth frocks are
in onepcce cut, or, at least, in one
piece effects Many of them incline
T. narrow belted fronts and fiat
st.aight backs, whose line from neck
to hem Is unbroken by the appearance
CT q belt even of the inconsequential
string variety. 1t is the new way-a
sore Of dress in front and a coat in
the back Fulness is usually adjust
ed at sides. But fullness of any sort
is thing very carefully treated by
the fashion makers, The very adjust
ment of oflds, wrinkles, or tucks is
the enc sure guide to the status of
the designer, and either makes or
mars the style prospects Of the mod |
el 1t may be for that reason that
! dresses absolutely INDEBTED are among
the new things. A sore Of modern in |
depreciation Of the princess posed |
against the background of the Moyen
Age Such models look like the
simplest of the simple gowns; but
they are most difficult of achieve
ment.
Few Of the dresses are wide
through the hem In certain of the /
redingote types there is a relative 7
suggestion of width in the tunc be-
vause Of lack of width in the founda-
ton skirt Such tunics are usually
slashed at the sides, down the front
and back, and become, in fact, pan
els.
The low wa!stine prevails to the