The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-21
ONLY SINUOUS VAMPIRES FIT
 1920 STYLES
Daring? Well, 8 Clever1y
 Belted Mannequin Was a Garment Show Sensation

ous lines of the vampire, fashions this year have been devised espe- cialIy for you. You may wear panta- lets of black satin falling just two inches below your very narrow and short skirt to further accentuate the beauties which nature has given you.
 But if you are so unfortunate as to be stout and your ankles are not of a slirnness! Then you are most unfortunate. For spring fashions will display as pitilessly your short comings as they do picturesquely the beauties of your more emaciated sister.
 At the fashion show, which was Q part of the dinner given by the Ma tionaI Garment Retailers Association at the Hotel Comm odore last night, more than 1,50O designers and deal CTS in Women'S costumes gathered to gaze at the attractive mannequins as they walked the full length of the ball room in the glare of a spot light showing off the latest creations of New York designers. It was really the beginning of war between the Rue de la Paix and Fifth Avenue to see which shall in the future dictate the fashions of the world.
 That Fifth Avenue won there eau be no doubt. Originality was the soul of every creation.
 And daring? In some instances there was a boldness seldom attempt ed by the Rue de Ia Paix. One young model startled the company by ap- bearing in a stunning gray tailored suit which in front come almost to her knees and in the back fell nearly to her heels. She wore thin silk stockings and at her waist she was so cleverly belted that a murmur of pleased surprise passed over the room.
 And be it noted the murnurs came from male lips, which, in many cases, were quickly quieted by glare of disapprova1 from better halves who sat near by.
 Corsets? Not Necessarily; Tight Fit
 ting Vests.
 If your figure is so perfect you are not compelled to wear corsets (and how few areD, then you will glory in the pretty tight fitting vests which give to your every subtle motion that attraction which has ever drawn the eye of the admiring male. Every step will show that unnanable charm originated by the well known Mrs. Eve when she led the unwary Adam astray and compelled us to abandon the fig leaf and get into something even more alluring-if one may say so after viewing last nights per formance.
 In the good old Eden days Eve left nothing to the imagination, but last nights creatures leave just enough to the ready fancy of most of us to The pantaIets? Well, one would think offhand they robbed the skirt ot much of it's grace, but not so. The fact is dresses were made short 1 enough and tight enough to rob the pantalets of any concealing they might aim to do.
 In one creation they gave a decid ed Chinese effect, which was height ened by the Oriental design of the coat and hat. From the back of the latter there hung a pigtail of blue and red cord in imitation of the queue.
 Another design by the same firm was a smart tailored street suit o1 | blue with a sleeveless coat. The i pantalets hung just below the bottom, 1 of the skirt, and if one were inclined l to be purftanical rather than artisti, 1 he would say the costumer had de. l signed the pantalets to relieve the ex l treme narrowness of the short skirt i If he intended to do so he certainly | failed of his aim.
 | Oue GACSpGOn to the necessity IOl | beauty can be made. And that is: is not so important to have a wei shaped neck. Most coats and waist covered the neck fairly well. So i you are scrawny and the cords stand l out when you laugh, cough, sneeze c turn your head don't worry, you cal easily cover them.
 But your arms must be sIin-jus as would be those of Venus de Milo if she had 'em. Sleeves are sti' short! That much of the Rue de l; Paix still remains with US; althougI
 the severity on the knotty musclet
 arm was relieved in one or two in
 stances by long gloves.
 Ultra thin stockings Chow very in
 teresting they were) will be with Il
 all this spring and summer if F'fftl Avenues dictUm is to be accepted
 In almost every case models wor
 them with high hee1ed shoes, som
 of which had the short French vamr but mostly they were of the lon
 English design.
 } CoIors of fabrics were not in keep
 ing with the rakish designs. The
 consisted largely of a soft brick re-
 for trimming and of dark blue fo
 the body of the garment. This wa
 true mostly of the tailored suits: |
 one instance a stunning dark blu , suit was shown, trimmed in 9 beau - tifuI soft shade of green and
 elicited much applause.
 Accordion pleated skirts are [ f come back. There were two of the1 f there; and so simple and maidenl | they seemed. Marvellously sol a things that gave so easily to ever
 step of the model that one was some Q what relieved of the high tensio
 brought about by the other interes , 1 ing things.
 :. The consensus of opinion was the :, 1 New York has now become the ceY . tre of world fashions and may no f dictate her designs as the produc
 of the most enterprising and artist ', artists in existence. There W. q about every garment that air of fl A ished American tailoring so unfo If tunately missing in the products :, the Paris dressmakers. New York :, costumers have succeeded in putin " into their artistic work that quali r of proportion which has invariab
 been the chief fault in the work
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