The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1921-04-29
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the other. Thee are several bhck
and white gowns here made Of chif-
fon and lace, with touch of distinct
ly bright color added in some way.
Jenny has surprised every one by
insisting upon keeping her skirts
even the skirts Of the evening gowns,
which are ever the first to fall--as
short as they were last season. Many
people look to this designer to more
or less establish a style for the COM
ing season, and there is, in conse-
quence, much talk concerning the
shor;ness Of the skirts.
White and combinations Of black
and white are considerably n the lead
among the evening gowns shown by
Jenny. And the white ones are per-
haps the most notable among them.
They are made of chiffon, of crepe de
chine and of MORE, their trimmings
when they are trimmed at all, being
also Of white and very lnconsplcuous-
ly handled. Both the white and the
black and white costumes furnish an
excellent medium for the use Of soft
drapings of lace, which, 1t would seem
from general appearances, is being
used quite as freely as ever 1t has
been for the past season or two.
Coat Dresses.
AT the shop of Jean Patou, green
is the color that is chosen to be used
in combination with blue serge. Here
they are in the habit, this season, of
tightening the blue serge frock with
some lingerie sort Of trimming or or
candle plpings managed in number
of original and new ways.
Many of the skirts for day dresses
in Paris are in some way spread out
to give a look of extra fullness, and
this little trick is often accomplished
by means of gore set in at the hips.
There are many adaptations of the
idea, but in some form or another one
is quite likely to meet up with 1t in
the showing Of spring costumes.
DOucet is displaying numerous
dresses that are made for street wear
and which are sometimes called Goat
dresses" The most successful ones
are Of black satin, sometimes trimmed
with lace. The very large sleeves car
nv with them that Roumanian flavor
which has lately been so popular, and
these, it is true, are found in most
of the spring collections.
There is a new fashion for handling
chiffon that is employed extensively
by Madeleine ct Madeleine, Patou and
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used in a double thickness and is cut
so that the hem is distinctly uneven.
! There is in these skirts a great deal
Of fullness, so that when one walks
about there appears a waving I'M
dulatiOn about the feet. 1t is an ex-
tremely graceful style, and one that
is bound to be popular. They are do
ing 1t, too, with satins and with
crepes.
The dressy dress in two colors is
another of the things among the new
showings that achieved instant sue
cess. At many of the French houses
they are displaying gowns that have
the skirts made of one shade and the
bodices made of quite another tone.
Patou, an enthusiastic sponsor of the
idea, prefers the combination Of
beige and blue for this sort of frock.
DOcuillet shows many Of this type Of
two-tOned frOcks which are accom-
panied by capes-short capes-having
one side made of one of the tones
used for the dress and the other side
made of the other tone. That is, they
are made of serge and lined with silk
of another shade, or they are made
of one color of crepe de chine and
lined with another color, or they are
made of satin and lined with another
color of chiffon, and so on through
many combinations. Then, whatever
the combination In the cape may be,
that combination is faithfully repeat
ed in the frock, though never twice in
! the same manner.