The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1920-05-01
FEMININE FASHIONS
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and arrowhead embreideries on the
dark blue cloth.
This dress carries out one OF the
newest ideas in clothes-that OF in
PRODUCING side cores into both skirts
and waists. To accentuate these cores.
they are made of contrasting materi-
ais.
New Types in Spor:: Clothes.
A new type of sports mantle is made
with two ruffles cut in peta- form and
very fully gathered. The body is just
one big piece of cloth cut circular,
mounted in blouse form to a low waist
line, where there is an elastic band to
hold it in place. The sleeves are moth
ing more than holes at the bottom of
the blouse, through which the arms
pass. This has a shorter waistline in
front, than at the back. There is
large jabot-like circular cut collar of
the same color as the lining, which is
i'm contrast to the coat.
Designers are not combining them
selves solely to subdued colors in COM
bination with plaids Very bright
shades are used for sports dresses
which are trimmed with plaid ma
terials. Wool and silk jersey cloths
in high colors form charming dresses
for the country; these made their
first appearance on the Riviera. An
interesting tunic model is developed
in copper brown with facings and trim
mings of green plaid. The very
long tunic, with only a few inches of
the plated underskirt showing from
beneath, gives it the appearance of
a jacket and skirt, although it is a
one-piece frock.
All makers of clothes appear to
have taken a great fancy for combin-
ing different materials in one model.
Entire bodices are made of a fabric
that contrasts with the skirt thus CIV
ing an impression similar to that of
the old-fashioned shirtwaist and skirt.
This idea, while new, is not likely to
be favored to any extent by those who
buy clothes, for American women, hav-
ing once departed from the skirt and
blouse that do not match and adopt
ed the one-piece dress in which they
appear so much more smartly habit
ed, are not likely to relinquish it.
Wide Variety of Styles.
Making the skirt and waist portion
of a dress of contrasting materials is
only one of the many caprices that
have been introduced into clothes this
spring. In fact, SO very diverse are
the fashions just launched that one
may choose almost any style and still
be in keeping with what the best de-
signers have brought out.
However, we have to reckon with
the fact that it is not always the va
riety of new ideas that go to make
our fashions; it is in the end what
the best-dressed woman really
adopts, so we can only watch with
interest all of these developments to
get an idea Of what their length of
life is likely to be.
Combinations of plain and printed
silks and Of printed silks with serges
are much in evidence and foulard pat
terms which look as IL they are en-
broidered are freely chosen for the
development of spring models. A dress
typical of this style has serge skirt
falling in straight plaits from the waist
to the hem.
The waist portion of the dress,
which is of the serge. has vest as
well as collar and revers facings of