New-York tribune., 1922-02-12
Reds and Blues
"HE heightened skirt Will

aress. from the many styles brought
'ut few are chosen and these
crysta.ze into the mode Jnfortu-
lately. there is littie variety in the
fashions tha; arc chosen by the great
mass Of American women. This is
subject which has been discussed
rom all angles a; meetings of the
foremost style creators. and no one
mas quite solved The mystery as to
Nhy this is so. We simply know
mat this condition exists and that
t has existed for many years.
The Search for the Key
0 Variety in Dress
HHt. best modIstes, the best dress
makers. tailors and furricrs.
those who bring out really new
thines. regret such Il state Of af
fairs and frequently nave conferred
as to the best means OF overcoming
it. Even the heads Of rival dress
making esta olishments are now Ia
boring in unison to bring more
Va'lety into fashions. because mo
notonous dressing deals severe
blow to creativeness in All branches
Of the dress industry.
Furriers especially have suffered
from this. Last spring they met IN
conference 10 discuss the creatino of
4 great number Of appealing stvles
that would be accepted by the public
Their designers worked for splcn-
did showing of smart fur garments
mat they to some extent received
their reward was evinced bv the
variety of turs worn during the past
winter.
This proves quite conclusively that
the similarity IN dress among Amer
'can women is not due to the fact
that one fears to be dressed differ
emily from another. but because
among the vast quantities of models
made there are only a few carrying
nhe appeal which makes a seller.
fne inonotony of dress ha. been
blamed on the public in the past
whereas only small percentage Of
ne difficulty lay there.
Cotton Crepe Models
With Colored Embroidcries
TO SAY that the longer skirt viii
create a vogue for larger hats
rather surface statement when
me considers how little change in
he length OF Skirts there is amono
eally we'l-dresscd women who never
'dopted the kncc-length skirt and
Who, with their skirt Of moderate
cn2th, wore the small hat.
The woman with the skirt rncssur-
ng twelve inches from the ground
ID not fcci that she needed hat OF
arlet dimensions ,han others who
Nore dresses that iust covered thci,
Nrees 20 Why should any one need
nom larger now. The dav Of the
extremely large hat is passed per
Asps for ever It belongs to Il more
picturesque type CT dress which docs
not TT n with present day hfe.
Large hats 0.,h simple flower
trimmings always are worn in mid
Summer. For some occasions larce
hats arc Worn N mid-winter The
.aree f'owor-trimmed hat is very
''utablc to July days and sheer lich
eoiored frocks. Among the novelty
mas Tor country wear will be those
'i cotton crepe embroidered in bright
colored mcrcerized cotton and cotton
fhenlile to match the new cotton
'rcpe frocks over which there is
iccldcd craze in Paris at the present
'lmc and Of which many are being
exported to this country.
There will be the usual summer
ahrlcs IN country hats, but best of
Ill arc the bright colored straw hats.
They made their bow in Paris. They
we're Worn during the Southern sea-
son and viii continue to be worn
turing the summer for both town
and country.
Among the straws, horsehair and
Milan are prominent. Just as mil
liners during tho past winter turned
20 velvet, which in bygone years was
considered the suitable material for
winter hats. SO they are following
- IN straw hats for early spring in
,-scferencs to the fabric hs.s which
for several years have been used al
most exclusively at this season.
Vivid Straw Hats
With Deep, Round Crowns
&KETCHED to-day are French
n,cGalo fvp;col cf ~. ,,<,.- x.: -