The Washington herald., 1921-02-05
UNIFORM DRESS
ADVOCATES ADOPT
UNIQUE RAIMENT
Three-piece Garment May
Revolutionize Styles of
Women's Wear.
nv wINrFRED VAN DUzER.

That certain little uniform In
which sundry strong thinkers have
been trying for the past fifty years
to cIothe US women-is 1t here fin
alIy7
Mrs. owen Kildare. author, lee
turer. and exponent of better
clothes for women" averred that 1t
Is. In proof she offered an astonish-
ing exhibition CT garments. one of
which she has worn steadily for the
past few months which she declared
are the beginning OF a movement
which will revolutionize women's
clothes in this country; perhaps
throughout the world.
She continued.
The failure of uniform dress for
women has been because modes sug-
gested always have eliminated op-
portunity for the personal touch.
Women are individual; they must
express personally through clothes.
The three-piece dress which we
have designed to meet every re-
and art, may be developed to suit
HVHldH LdcNE as ~ NNSoAAt
while retaining, essential similarity
Of line and construction"
Dress is Adopted.
The three-piece dress, otherwise
described as "the dress of the hour"
is being promoted by the American
Dress League, newly organized body
of professional, business and society
| women, of which Mrs. Kildare is
vice president. 1t has received the
Endorsement of the Young Women s
| Christian Association, through DR..
Anna Brown, and the American Pos
ture League, headed by Miss Edith
Williams, both of which orgsniZa-
tions propose to adopt 1t for mem
bers.
| 1t will be submitted TO the Gen
eral Federation of Women's Clubs Of
New York State, which long has agi-
tated universal feminine dress. Mrs.
! Kildare believes that as a result
! 1000, 900 club women will wear the
new garment
These are some OF the things
| claimed for il by Mrs. Kildare and
Miss Ned Rhodes, president Of the
American Dress League:
That it will insure democracy
among women.
That it will promote morality by
doing away with vulgar display of
limbs and lines.
That it will promote economy,
women's leisure and domestic har-
rno9y.
That it will remove the lure OF
the easiest way.
And now that its attributes and
possibilities have been explained
let Mrs. Kildare describe it:
For Athletics.
There is a foundation OF waist
and 'knickos' - loosely adjusted
knickerbockers with cuffs buttoning
round legs to shoe tops.
In this foundation a woman may
do her housework. undertake gym
nasium practice. athletic sports, OF
any Of the things women do so much
better without skirts.
AN overslip with all weight de-
pending from the shoulders, is de-
signed to go over the foundation
1t is fashioned with a panel front
| ard back. skirt slit at either side
by buttons, belt buttoning under
beach arm. and bib hooking above
the shoulders.
Tailored models for winter are
OF serge with satin foundation. But
other styles are georgette and silk
| pongee muslin. Lines are comfort
able without being wide: always
tasteful and artistic
The knicko' cuffs protect the
limbs from cold and do away with
the leg display one sees on every
hand these days. Women with ar
tistic legs may eliminate gaiter
tops. Some women offer an insult
to humanity by going about show
ing such legs as they do.
For evening wear the waist
may be slipped out and a Camisole
with square neck. substituted A
velvet clamp catches up the. sleeves
converting them to a pun above the
shoulder.
There then is no disgusting ex-