Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-07-24
LONG SKIRTS SPLIT AND
SHORT ARE TIGHT IN PARIS
Society "Forty" Sets New Extreme
Observation-Disclosures Now Arc
Scarcely Noticeable.
Professional Models md Women OF
Titles and Financial Means Strug-
gle for Distinction OF I;xlIibitin.
Newest Gowns.

rARlS. July 23.-If long. wear II
spiit to the knee; If short. wear it
so tight YOU can't sit down
These. judging from recent society
functions. arc tho new skirt rules
adopted by the Paris Forty" which
thrice annually sets The fashions
Tor women the world over
Mannikins. while az numerous as
ever at tho races and society tunc-
tons. are now scarcely noticeable.
owing 10 the Willingness with which
women OF the highest society wear
extreme fashions
Where formerly IL was Mimi Bos-
s"ut. wages 200 francs :, week and
her clothes. who attracted the
photographers at Longchamps with
q nif,y anki" unclad except for a
'attoocd butterfly. or with "A beauty
window" placed ia the u.ighborhood
Of her third rib, today {, Is Madame
lt Mnruujsc d'Hautcmond. who
struggles for place AZ the 900 franc
BOON IN st black lace sleeveless ruh..
which not only rcvcalq tina; the
narchioross is no partisan nf Paul
i"ir"t IN his campaign To- r,suSci-
tat" the corset. but f.. Furthermore.
economical. to say the lcaHt. II cor
tain other Items Of feminine attire
hitherto cnialcgucd among he IN
dlsr"nsahlcs.
Thus 1t was no maunll,in from
Jean fat"u. or Callot So.urs OF
'l"ann" l.anvin, or any other famed
drcSsnaking establishment on or
near tn" i!u" H. la 'aiS. who ap-
poured at MHuriccs one night in the
Coming or Gown which attained
fame almost as brief as It's skirt. but
Mrs. julio Thompson. with whose
name Dam" iiunpr has coupled that
OF Lord Furn"ss- which demonstrated
no" much runor counts with the no.
hil!iy, his lurdsh!p having angrily de-
MOD Tn" report but having threat
"h"d libel suits 20 an English paper
which irSt made the intlmation. Tho
coming on" gown wns So dubbed by
I"Ssi" Vanderbilt. VINO wHs chatting
WIN Henri Letcilicr when the croa-
ton nrst met his fascinated eye and
~" name stuck. II was black and
s'raipht OF line ana ended where
HH hcfur" the var were accus-
toned 10 begin
I"c fashion in Indian shawls.
winch has been raging more or less
'hr'"ns!y an summer. was set By
ICY royal hiGhnoSs, the Mahurancc
q" knnuthaln. who is Indian only
~ 50 Tar as her name her shawl and
nor husband are concerned being
Spanish hy birth. The Maharancc
chose q sunday night AZ the I9!tz TO
tr"i ort her shawl and as II rcprc-
scented 10000 rupees or so and a
years Solia labor on tn. part of the
ten hindu women who had woven II,
'nt 81 silver thread the RITZ gaSpcd
comfortably ana the desired scnsa-
ZION was ACCOMPLISHED. Next day there
wasn't - shawl. ini!an or would be
Indian. 10 b" had IN Paris. and the
nest night tn" IRE Catalan rcytau-
rant IN The Bois dc Boulogne. tho
Tuesday evening haunt Of fashion. re-
stmh!cd nothing SO much as a Dur
bar ball.
IN" Heterogeneous nature Of French
H"ei.tS provides a splendid reason
!'' IN" iaShion-Sctting rnania In
aSWuch as tables al society haunts
AR" invariably reserved by actresses
TX" MistinEuctt. Cccilc Snrci. Spin-
ely lane k.nouarit and by equally
bohHiliuI dcniz"ns OF tho upper story
OF the hali-worid, ordinary morinls
HHnh as princcsScs, duchcsscs. ma.
Aarhnccs. countcSscs and American
m!'.iona!r"sscs have to look snappv
II they hope To slime in the crowd. :.
The result Is :, costume rivalry
nos inE no Limit