The Ocala banner., 1921-08-19
The latest Fashions-

American fashion creators-ons
significant group Of them, at least
have had their ding this new. youns
season At the Hotel Commodore
last Wednesday night they showed
to the world their new designs. Buy
srs from all over the country were
grouped about giving their enthusiasI
tic approval to the fashions which ap.
pealed to them and which looked as
though they would live to grow in
favor as the season developed.
Everything from negligees to heav-
| lily fur-trimmed coats made their
debut One reporter In a jocund
frame OF mind said he noticed that
women would be tail and thin this
season But there were styles Tor
every known figure. even though they
were exhibited by those who were
long OF lines.
And. really. there is to be great
variety in the silhouette this coming
winter il these models are to be
trusted There were full skirts and
tight skirts, long skirts and short
skirts, skirts with regular hems and
those with endings so uneven that
they seemed to have no starting and
no finishing place. There we're long
sleeves that were tightly fitted and
those that Hoped away quite UNI
confined There were short sleeves
and no sleeves at all There were
long-waisted bodices and some that
were short-waisted There were Prin-
cess gowns and draped gowns.
Variety was the keynote of the occa-
sion. and from all indications there is
no reason why every woman in the
broad land should not have this year
exactly what suits her taste.
The Spanish influence In dress was
strongly stressed by the foremost de-
signers. Even when the creation was
not conspicuousIy Of Spanish origin,
it had about it some hint of that in
fuence They viii be Spanish. these
new styles, in some way or other, and
when it comes to the evening gowns.
one thanks ones lucky stars that the
designers had the Spanish inspiration
They are so picturesque and becom-
ing. so soft and fluffy and beautiful
in line, so flowing in effect, with their
Iaces and ribbons and spangIes. Then
there are the Spanish shawIs, which.
for evening wraps. are the IoveIiest
things that have been seen for a
long, long while They wrap about
the figure and swing over the shoulder
They are fringed and coIorfuI tn the
extreme they are broeaded and EN-
broidered They make picture
wherever they are seen and whatever
may be the manner of their manifold
wrappings
Still some of the lines were straight
and uncompromising in this collection
of American designed models There
were simple little things made in one
piece. and they were some OF the
smartest things there. One designer
had a clever way of cutting his new
things over this pattern Of q foundas
ti0n and then of making an extra l0t
OF fuIlness at one side, where it was
gathered together IN a large thickness
Of material
The new silhouette, then, is longer
in every way than the passing one has
been. It is not merely a matter OF
Iengthening the skirt The waistIine
is heightened, too, and it IS bloused
slightly. The sleeves are heightened
| in line, so that altogether it becomes q
silhouette heightened in all its propor-
tions. And it Is the harmony Of
heightened lines that makes the ultra
new silhouette thing of utter beauty.
The skirt discussion has reached a
really Iudicruos level, tor when one
thinks fashions, one is constantly con
| fronted with the reiterated question.
How long are the skirts going to be?''
Now Il these inquiring and puzzled
! questioners could only have witnessed
the late fashion show they would have
emerged in just as puzzled state as
they had entered The fact is that.
as yet. no actual and n0n-disputable
length. has been established. The same
designer wiz show dresses OF ankle
length, dresses or ten-inch-from-the
door length and dresses which reach
the knees in one spot and touch the
/ door in others. The chances are that,
some dne day, we shall reach stand
ard on this subject. but that time
| Is not now
suit skirts are medium length Even
/ ing dresses, as . rule much longer
/ than they have been. though some d
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