The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-07-22
SHORT SKIRTS GOING;
BOBBED HEADS TABOO;
FLAT HEELS DOOMED
(By United Press)

NEW 1ORh, July IN eA
ance with the evolution of dress, flap
pers are destined to be relegated to
the junk heap of forgotten pasts.
The little knee-length skirts and
saucy hats are doomed to rest in the
garret with the hoop skirts and bon
nets of other days.
The bobbed head-dress is to receive
the same fate of the spit curls OF yes
teryear The household cook is toi
fall heir to the low-heeled sandals.
And the culprit who wished all OF
this on us 1.-THE long skirt. There
is no use arguing about it, the long
skirt is coming back. Some joy-k1ll- |
ers say it is here already.
What does the long skirt have to
do with ousting the flapper?" you ask.
Can you imagine a long-skirted female
with a crop of short hair? 1t can't be
tdone
The little bobbed heads simply de
manded the bobbed skirts and now
with skirts reaching within four inch
es of the floor the flapper is certainly
undergoing "one of the crisis OF her
life"
Taste in Dinner Frocks.
American women are better dress
led on the streets than when in smart
restaurants and roof gardens" COM
imented French connoisseur of gowns
who returned to Paris this week.
1T is surprising" he said, ito note
1.-THE difference between the excellent
taste of American street costumes and
the lack of taste in dinner frocks. On
the Avenue, one finds little distinction
sbetween the shop girl and the debut
ante.
The underslip for these above men
toned gowns need not be of silk, for
the lingerie material is fully as soft
and is far less expensive.
One can not tell the woman with
her name on the social register how
she should dress in public places, but
her breeding and good tastes should
tell her that too much elaboration is
not the thing
They are all beautifully shod; their
gowns have all the chic of the French
creations; their bearing reminds one
of the ancient Greeks and their fig
ures are superb. But" he added,
they could learn the art of dressing
for the dinner hours and for the roof
gardens from the European women.
In America there is either too much
ONGT uTe0SlHS Vi IOC nuCA u4IdCl
dressing at informal gatherings.
Glance About.
Those of us who resent foreign crit
icism of American women's dress, will
do well to glance about us at the
smart restaurants. If the debutante.
the shop girl, the society matron and
the manicurist can not be told apart
upon our streets, they can there. The
debutante is usually too overpowerlng-
ly gowned in evening frocks that
should be worn exclusively at formal
functions The shop girl with the
out of town buyer is either gowned
in a homemade replica of the gown OF
the debutante, or in a street dress
with a street hat The flapper flaps
at the dinner hour just as she has
flapped all day--fringed skirt, WOODEN
hose, sweater and with a sport hat
Hopping over one eye.
In room of 200 women perhaps
only so will be properly gowned. We
are an odd mixture of weeds and or
chids.
At public places, where anyone who
has the price of a dinner may congre
gate, there should be the semi-eve
ming frock. These should not be cut
too extreme in decollete and shoulc
have some semblance of sleeves.
Advice to FIapper.
The flapper should out of her flap
Der raiment at the dinner hours, int
a sheer little organdy, or into pretty
colorful georgette. Sch can look jus
as girlish in a little snug-fitting bodic'
with tiny puffed sleeves and full
fluffy skirt as she can in knee-lengu
plaids which are only suitable TO
sport or day wear.
The shop girl will find mauve o
dull hued crepe de chine suitable 10
Ginner wear and one which will com
within the bounds of her pocketoooE
BY selecting georgette IN neutra
shades which are so popular just now
she may add different colored slip
and sashes and feel that she has a
entirely new frock.
Change Underslip.
The same suggestion can be use
with the Spanish lace gowns that ar
having such a vogue at present.
mauve colored lace frock cut on Lon
wasted lines, with wide flowing lac
sleeves and uneven hem-line, may b
worn over salmon yellow, orchid, o
ange or any pastel shade that is b'
coming. BY changing the undershl
the whole gown is changed.
Reds are considered dead in Pari
although greens continue to be pop
lar in shades such as reseda, wate
green and that blush green that
found on iron. Soft shades, such {
tan, gray, golden brown, mecca an
4 powder blue are smarter than hig
! Colors.
Beaded velvet gowns will be pop
lar this fall.
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