The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1920-12-25
GOOD SUIT YEAR
FOR The SHOPS
Weather Has Been Satisfactory
Mot Too Warm and
Not Too Cold.
PRICES LESS THAN YEAR AGO
Decline in ccst Of Clothes Most No
ticeabIe Feature Of Season-DuVe-
tyn Leads in Popularity, Fashion
Writer Asserts.

Never has there been a better "Suit
year." a they have ii in the vernacu-
lar OF the shops. The weather has
been just right-nOt too warm and not
too cold. And just ut this time. says
a New York fashion correspondent,
one sees the newest creations In the
way Of winter suits and all-the-year-
round suits and fancy suits and plain
suits. After few weeks have passed
the general horizon" will again be
dotted with varieties Of top coats and
fur wraps etc. hut right ut this min
ute the popular trend is all in the di-
reCtiOn Of the suit. Then here is the
psychological moment Ia study the
suit. for the forward marching ones
are setting the styles for many months
To come and the little varianceS which
they show are the ones that are deS-
tined to live. Thus does the wary
woman plan her dressing. so that
when she buys there will be no dan
ger of her becoming the proud posses
sOr Of style that has seen its day.
Then again we have such encourag-
ing news 10y way of bargain announce
ments that prices are much below
those Of last winter. A suit that re-
tailed last winter for about S125 sells
this year for between So and SO.
And il is not the same suit, either, but
one that has the same value as the
one Of last year-nOt the same style
points. remember. There is no doubt
that better times are ahead on this
high price Of clothes questiOn-and
the high price of suits is one Of the
irSt columns tn he touched by the
beautiful decline.
DuVetyn Family in the Lead.
A critical observance Of all of the
best-dreSSed women about town dis
closes the fact that Of all materials
duvetyn and the allied weaveS that be-
long 10 that family are the ones which
are displaying their popularity above
all others. And in this wOolly or
heavily manned fabric there are shown
all sorts Of variety. from those weaves
which are as thick and heavy as any
blanket to those which are so soft ana
pIiahIe thai they can be gathered into
no space at all. 50 to say. There are
the wooden velOurs and the silk We
Iours and the velOurs that are made
of n clever combination Of the two
sorts of thread. The latter. they say,
wears better than all the rest put to-
gether. II does not show that evil
Characteristic Of mating into mashed
spot at the place where the suit is
subjected 10 rubbing. However. so fine
and we'll made are most Of these piled
fabrics that when MASKING does occur
IL can very easily be removed by q
little judicious steaming.
The colors of these newest Of fab
RIGS are perhaps their greatest charm,
for it has been many years since we
women have been able TO indulge in
such subtleties of color expression.
All the way from the brightest and
most glowing Of shades TO those that
are verify neutral in their effect IS the
range Of color tones, and while most
Of the suits run TO browns or to one
Of the numerous taupe shades. still
there are some made from the COR
! geOus blue and green tones that make
up so we'll with the gray furs and 9TH
ers in the reddish shades that are so
effective when combined nth the
darker brown and black. both long and
short haired furs.
Coats Are NotieeabIy Long.
The coats on the newest Of all the
suits that are being worn are quite
noticeably long-so long. In fact, that
but the merest bit Of q skirt hanE1