The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1920-06-25
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AND MAKE A NEW DRESS
By Mariorie.
tWrltten for United Press.


NEW YORK, June 25.--Gotham
midsummer fashion makers have just
sprung their spasmodic riddle which
deals with the august father of wa
tiers. For the uninitiated, be it nov
known that the said little riddle de-
clares that Mississippi shall be spell
edkkH0 pronounced Miss Is Hippy,'
ant very hippy she is, we'll say. Man.
ufacturers and retailers both say that
the hips are now in popular favor all
because Paree got angry about that
paradise-finned hat that was thrown
into the boudoir Of Frances lady OF
the land and just as promptly bounc-
cd out again, while the Partisan MILL
ners handed over the fourteen points
that made it a hat thrown into the big
ring Of international fashion SQUAD.
bling. They say that the Rue was
angry once too often and that Amer
lean women will not buy the tooth
pick or chemise dresses that Paris
launched for the new season.
Whatever the cause may be, hips
Is hips, as Fifth Avenue windows all
too well display. IT'S the fashion
season of the bouffant, the billowy
the exaggerated, the pusfed and
pouched, and the slinky adhesive
gowns must gather dust for wee at
least. Naturally this craze for a dis.
tended skirt has launched carloads OF
coarse stiff fabrics upon the cloth
market. Bathroom toweling, crash
awning, hammock material and den.
inns are in full bloom as fashioned in.
to dresses of every type.
Although many of the midsummer
gowns use natural colored toweling
there is tendency to dip these stur-
dy fabrics into dyes of every hue and
emblazon them with weird, conven-
tional, intricate patterns. Regular
upholsterer's cretonne in color com.
binations that fight or purr ore fire.
quent, and even old paisley shawls
are found made up into new hustled
dresses. A leading house shows q
street dress fashioned of heavy dull
blue and rose cretonne. Although ar
occasional rose can be defined in the
maze Of intricate pattering, the gen
eral effect is like dark Powered
cotton foulard. The material is in.
set with a panel of sheer white or.
candle upon which are scattered
girly-girly bows of French blue me-
tallic~ribbon and pale pink rosebuds
A hustle distends the skirt through
the hips, while the bodice is snugly
Alsatian-laced.
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on the summer okirts. Most of them
so distend that they add several feet
to the hip circumference. Over PAN
niers or hip drapes are wired so that
there is no danger they will fall into
soft lines. Tier skirts of as many al
eight rows of ruffles and running
amuck upon the avenue, and the tor
three tiers are wired into lampshade
and chandelier effects. Flaring bot.
toms of skirts have completely sup.
planted the old observation-disclosures
model, and hoydenish stride is rap
IVY killing off mincing footsteps.
Lowly ironing-board covering il
being made into dresses that carry 9
price tag in three figures. This heav.
lest, cheapest kind of crash is embel
lished with scallops and embroider.
les in Chinese red or Algerian blue
and flaunts wired pouch pockets OF
side skirt drapes. Occasionally
heavy strips Of white kid or ordinary
harness leather are stitched into
mammoth side pockets for the hir
width effect.
But even though crash and ere.
tonne add their terrors to hot sum.
mer, there are many models shown in
sheerest of organizes and voiles
But these atone in bouffantness for
all they lack in fashionable coarse
ness OF texture. Quite a novelty is
shown in a black chiffon taffeta with
lace overskirt edged with yellow or
candle ruffies wired over the hips
Another model sports roundabout
garlands of roses on wire stems which
confine the fullness of the skirt al
the top but release it in billowinp
swirl at the bottom. Skirt bottoms
by the way, have much individuality
and leap from fourteen above to Q
staid seven.
Midsummer evening gowns arc
most elaborate and are as heavy with
velvet, plush, and fur as at Christ.
mas time. Many of these heavy satin
or velvet skirts are hustled and hand
painted in gorgeous eccentric pat.
terms, such as with a red pitcher
plant, a screaming parrot, or a clumr
of ferns. But "the hips--the hips
the thing"