The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1921-08-04


study of the psychology OF dress has
played so large part In making them
the fashion dictators OF the world.
have realized that this Is the crucial
time at which TO launch some apparel
of brilliant hues, writes u fashion cor
respon ent.
The love of color cannot be sup
pressed. II Is inherent In every hui
man being. young child instihc-
lively reaches for bright colOred OBJ
jects. We all feel the cheer OF color.
Unconsciously we are exhilarated by
a beautiful painting done in broad
sweeps OF color or by gay flowers OF
brilliant hue.
There cannot fail TO be reaction
from black. After the simple black
dress which has been and still Is so
fashionable, women may not care for
a violent change to bright colored
street things, but they fit easily into
the scheme OF country clothes.
The pendulum OF fashion usually
swings far In one direction or the
other. Those who give Il Impetus
have decided that II we are to have
color we must have plenty OF II. And
where could II be obtained In greDter
variety than In cretonnes1 so for
midsummer we have cretonne dresses,
hats. smocks. gilets and bags.
A great many chlldren's clothes
have been made Of this cotton mate
rial, even to caps for babies. The
latter are distinctly In the novelty
class, nut they are TO be found In
many OF the French shops, and. al
though we may not advocate them,
they must be reported as an item Of
news.
No Frlils or Furbelows.
A well-known Paris speciality shop
makes lavish display of cretonne
clothes. The dresses all follow sim
pie designs, for a material embodying
80 much In the way Of color and de-
sign itself must necessarily be made
with little or nothing In the way of
frills or furbelows.
This material. which has been more
losely associated with house decora-
ton than anything else. has n great
deal In the way OF art TO rely upon.
All the richness OF design and the
beauty OF color seen In IL did not Just
happen. II is an outcome Of modern
tnlent coupled with ancient arts
II has meant the study of the art
Of Oriental countries and reproduc-
tion OF their best. although the fabric
carrying II is one Of the comparative
ly inexpensive ones. As far as art is
Concerned. II has much more to rec
ommend II than Its more expensive
rival, the plain piece of dull black
silk.
OF course. nobody Is advocating
that all the world shall be dressed In
cretonnes and chintzes. but they are
destined 10 play their part, and
would certainly be desirable II variety
in dress had more advocates. wheth-
er or not women are afraid OF looking
unlike other women, the fact remains
that each woman seems TO look exact
ly like every other one,
From Distant Lands.
This is the great criticism Of the
dress OF the American woman. The
head OF one of the largest and most
successful dressmaklng houses In
America recently said: ~ have been
making clothes for American women
for 20 years. but after walk on one
OF Americas most fashionable thor.
oughtares one recent Sunday morning
could not tell you what any OF the
many women promenadlng there wore.
II l were divorced from one and mar.
ried to another" he said, 81 am sure
j could not tell which was which
they were dressed so much alike"
Cretonnes and chintzes appeal more
to the imagination than p obably any
other materials The foliage tina,
grows along the banks OF the Nile has