Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-10-31
.MODESTY KEYNOTE IN
LATE FALL FASHIONS
Kne : length Bathing Suit"
Dresses Disappear From
Wardrobes
RICH NEW ACCESSORIES

The trend toward modesty in
clothes grows more marked as the
season advances. 1t is a spiritual
movement in the world of fashion, and
if you think that word is chosen
wrongly. commend you to the study
of history. Today the road of mod
esty is being followed by the dress
makers tomorrow it will be followed
by the public, and the movement is
spiritual because it is a reaction aris-
ing from the mind in revolt
Because women are to be demure
in their clothing there is no reason to
suppose that they are TO be in the
garb OF nuns or Quakers. Mary Stuart
did not dress like Semiramis, but she
was not the picture of a nun. Cath
crime de Medici could not be mistaken
for Quaker. yet she cut her gowns
so high in the neck that the collar
reached the ears and her feet were
never seen in public.
The public need not expect a de-
mure appearance, therefore, in the
women OF the hour. They will not
be dressed in black, like a funeral pro-
cession, but their bodies will be COW
cred. Their clothes will not end be-
fore they begin, and there will be
something tangible between the flesh
and the frock. A pair of chiffon
boomers and a crepe de chine bath
ing suit will not constitute a street
costume.
A woman may continue to wear
stockings which are intended to fool
the public into the belief that she does
not wear stockings, but she will have
so little chance of showing them that
she may cease to give Sc a pair i'm
and so pair in Paris. Their |
price was governed by their public
appearance. Now that they will not |
be seen, they may drop to the COM
Portable old price of 81 a pair.
The gowns in this era of modesty |
Ire works of art. They are no longer |
shreds and patches of unguarnished |
material. They are as full of color |
as a Turner sunset. Like the ancients,
he dressmakers. have gone to the !
heavens for Inspiration riIs
Not content with colored surfaces
hey are adding jewels and embroid-
cry and using brocades that are soft
md marvellous in their colorings as
Chinese art. Added to this type of
they use splendid accessor-
es that attract attention to the gown
Among these are the bracelet sleeve,
he separate sleeve, the embroidery
If snail shells, the lace pantalettes,
he lace trousers, the life-savers belts,
Is they are called; the twelve-inch
,elts of leather, unvarnished, that are
sirded around the figure at the end of
he spine. The latter feature, which
vas begun by Callot, made man ex
claim: Loosen the harness No
lorse could pull uphill with that"
There are other accessories that are
equally venturesome. There is the
scarf that turns ar evening gown into
me for the street. There is the Sleeve
hat is tied above the elbow and hangs
o the knees, there is the bow of
black moiro ribbon fastened on one
,are shoulder with two streamers, one
ront and one back, floating to the
loor, and countless other innovations.
The fact that one type of gown car
lies large padded belt across the
carries twelve-inch leather belt
across the back of the figure, giving
he imnressinn of a woman sitting in