The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-08-11
News From Paris
Fashion Openings

Kansas City Star.
. The world of fashion is all agog
with news of the Paris openings now
in progress. The first ten days of |
this month are given over to the |
elaborate displays of leading French |
houses. Paris is crowded with buy
ers and models are hurried aboard
ship that somewhere in America some
house may boast of "the first display
from the Paris openings" But the
news has preceded the gowns and
the stabilizing of styles has begun.
The flurries of fantastic designing,
the seeking out of unusual trimmings,
has given away to the we'll defined
lines and colors of the autumn sea-
son. Advices emphasize the word
that has gone forth on longer skirts,
and add that waist lines are posed
higher than a few weeks ago, but
may still be properly spoken of as
low waistline." The developing of
the straight silhouette is one of the
marked features Of the openings. The
leading designers have clung to
straight lines from shoulder to heels
for coat frocks, afternoon dresses
and suits. "Wrarry lines" still cling
to winter coats with the elaboration
in tho sleeves. The straight line is
maintained on frocks by the use Of
long c'inging draperies, and the new
note III suits is the low Balkan
blou5Cd coat fastened by great buckle
or button caught in some fantastic
manner as if it, too, held a drapery
The tightness of the semi fitting Goa.
dresses almost deny the semi-fitied
lppctiation; really the closcness OF
,hc ST is the surprise Of the innocent
looking straight line dresses.
The bouffant 1850 silhouette is thu
type for youthful figures and varies
the mode. In the most pleasing way
youth is served.
Sleeves are quite as elaborate as
few weeks ago despite the prediction
that these important features of the
dress world would have to divide their
honor with drapes and hens. Sleeves
arc getting tighter, semblance of
fit to the arm is quite as it should be,
but there's no taking away of the
flowing cuffs, the faring cuffs, the
uneven effects and hundred other
whimsies which make sleeves the jov
of the costume. One may be quite
correctly gowncd if one sleeve only
caps the shoulder and the other
reaches tho elbow; this is one of the
newest fancics and carries out the
onesided effect that seems to fas-
cinate designers and to intrigue its
way into all manner of expression on
everything from hats to evening
gowns.
Black is creeping back to favor af-
ter a brief, but noticeable, absence.
1t is frightened by colors in embroid-
cry, beads and cabachons of gorgeous
size and color. But the colors are in
themselves of interest not only for
the part these play in costumes, but
for the fact that milady's care of her
hundredfold. For the colors of this
autumn are those calculated to bring
out the beauty of the naturally beau. !
tiful skin. Browns in every shade
from tobacco brown to the very
darkest hues, are sponsored for
street wear in suits, coats and wraps,
and in dresses in a limited way:
navy, black and Chinese blue are
other favored shades. For evening !
carrot red, which is the same shade
as bitter sweet, mimOsa and old rose
2rc freely used
The white evening dress is gaining
IN popularity as the season advances;
beau. fully beaded, more elaborate in
fabric than ever before, the white