Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-10-04
WATERv|LLE STYLE SHOW
DRAWS RECORD CROWD To
VIEW SEASONS OFFERINGS

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Service coats seen Tuesday were
or double faced English tweed in WIN
ter weight, of bolivia and Chincilla
and were with and without fur COL
lars.
The rapid swirl of modern life is
SHOWN by the two and even three
purpose gowns, shown at TUESDAYS
exhibition. At first some members
OIL tuesdays audience were a bit be-
"lldered as to the exact chara cter
OF gown. A young woman goes
out for an afternoon, is invited 10
tea goes to the theatre. drops into a
cabaret with her escort, and perha ps
ENDS the evening at a gay dancing
party, after a~notor trip. Obviously
she has no opportunity to don sep
arate gowns for each Of these occas-
slons, and Yet she must be dressed
appropriately for all of them. Here
Is where the three purpose gown
comes in and when it is accompanied
by the proper outer garment and
head dress, the modern young woman
is ready for whatever may transpire.
as she Skins along the top of the
social wave, and Tuesdays audience
was not long in solving the enigma,
which most of them already knew.
Lace and chiffon were the principle
materials in this category. One
black lace model had wide chiffon
panels caught in several places, per-
hitting the wearer to display long
sleeves, elbow sleeves, or no sleeves
at all, as she preferred
There were many Obs and Abs of
delight over the biouses which ran
the whole gamut of style, and elabor-
alton from simple crepe de chine. to
gorgeous batiks and all over en-
broidery that reminded one of the
quaint costumes of the Balkan noun
tainers. Others were of chiffon vel
vet embroidered in cut steel beads
and designed with Spanish lace
sleeves.
The hats were all very wonderful
creations and a great credit to the
local milliners. They We're mostly
larger models than have been seen
for several years. and We're of vel
vet cloth. duvetyn and broad cloth.
The prevailing colors were woody
browns. toast, rust. pheasant, beige
and the dark shades. Chinese blue,
silver and gold. much burnt peacock
is used for trimmings. With the fur
coats, little Russian turbans We're
seen, made of black or brown velvet,
and entirely covered with ribbon
flowers and silver ribbon. sewed on
fiat. A material frequently noted was
monkey fur and side cocades added
to the vivacity Of many of the hat
models shown.
The childrens clothing was in Won
derful variety and all of the usual
materials were shown in a number of
instances two kinds of suitings were
displayed at one time. by having the
little living model carry on to the
stage. on a coat hanger. the second
style, which it was desired to show.
This invariably brought laughter and
applause from the spectators.
The men have been neglected thus
far in this article, but the young
men models who wore suits, hats,
and overcoats, in Tuesdays style
show and displayed their gallantry
toward the beautiful and exquisitely
gowned young women were in the
language of the street, right there
with the berries.
The II. r. Durham Co. Low King
Co. American Clothing Co, Walker
Clothing, and Markson Bros. featur-
ed in this department and all the
young chaps just envied the men
models their chance.
The displays of the l.. Fl. Soper
Co.. The Emery Brown Co. The
Wardwell Dry Goods Co., were great
ly enjoyed throughout the programme
most of their exhibit of course ap-
poaling to the feminine eye. Ida
Taylor Hersom, f. f. Landry and
Markson Bros. We're featured in the
millinery display.
Everyone worked hard to make
the occasion a success and it should
be said that the living models. both
men and women made an exceeding
lv impressive appearance. while the
clothing they wore and displayed with
such success was a great satisfac-
ton to the patrons of Waterville
merchants showing as they did the
excellent line that is carried here.
After the success of Tuesday it is
probable that the style show will be
ar annual event in Waterville.