The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1922-10-26
Coming Winter May See Passing
Of Flapper Type Of Dress,
Writer Asserts.

Fashions arc becoming more sophis-
dcated The dapper has met for
midabie rival In the woman. so this
winter, writes a fashion correspondent
IN the New York Tribune. may see
the passing OF the fapper type Of
dress.
All OF the new styles show a strong
tendency TO depart from the juvenile
types 30 prevalent during the past few
years. They embody dignity and Inn
portance, two characteristics which Of
late years have been almost entirely
lacking In dress.
The long skirt and the many varia-
lions OF drapery now In use have
helped to bring about these changes.
The important part played by rapery
rather handicaps the amateur dress
maker. No more can she hope to be
dressed In the height OF fashion IN
the simple chemise frock which she
made 30 easily. No she must include
In her wardrobe gowns draped on clas-
sic lines.
The ways In which drapery has
vacillated In the position that II shall
take In regard to the dress Is some
what astonishing. II began by adorn-
ing the side OF the frock. After as
suming numerous other positions It
now elects TO make the FROM the most
important part Of the gown.
Circular Effects Obtained.
Many think it comparatively easy
60 popularize new style and that
women are waiting to welcome any
thing new and striking in dress. This
ts not so. A real change In fashions
10 brought about very. very slowly. II
Sc months, sometimes a year. after a
style IL shown before It Is accepted
even In limited way. Take. for In
stance, the circular skirt Two years
ago designers put their best effects
into models with circular skirts In an
endeavor TO make this fashion popu-
lar. and during the Intervening time
the best creators Of styles have from
time TO time tried TO force them. But
II is only this autumn that we see this
type OF skirt making real progress.
II is not unusual to see skirts that
are plain and tight across the back
with circular panels in the front and
at the sides, thus making n compro-
mise between the straight line and the
circular.
While daytime dresses show fan
shaped godets and front drapIngs.
there is a strong tendency toward
really wide skirts for the evening.
Skirts are very long. Lanvln, al
ways the exponent OF youth in dress,
makes her models longer than those
Of any other dressmaker In Paris. So
we may expect to see the extremely
long-skirted frock taken up by young
girls. This always IL favorable TO the
success OF fashion, because all wom-
en- like to appear youthful, and the
style that youth elects TO make its
own invariably becomes the prevailing
mode.
Deviate From 6ateau Neekllne.
Designers are trying TO do away
with the popular bateau neckIIne.
and In their endeavor have introduced
several interesting outlines for the
Decks OF dresses, among the most un-
usual being the one-slded effect. There
is the deep Y-shaped neck cut high
at the back and extremely low in
front This type requires a gllet or
modesty piece, as the French call IT,
A new French frock in which the
one-sided effect Is exaggerated almost
10 the point where II becomes bizarre,
Is important, as 1t stresses the strong |
tendency toward one-sided effects in
both neckline and sleeve. on one side