The New York herald., 1922-08-13
styles Changed Slowly.

styieS SnAhEto
or late years prophecy OF the COM
ing mode has not been impossible. for
styles have changed so slowly and there
rave been so many silhouettes in vogue
at one and the same time that one can
foretell with considerable certainty that
no revolution will take place from one
season to the next II something sensa-
xional is introduced, as In the case OF
the revival OF the hustle two years ago.
one can be fairly sure that the great
majority of women will refuse to accept
A. at once.
No one is predicting sensational
changes for August. but nevertheless
there is certain change in the sartorial
atmosphere, which one feels rather than
knows. One has the impression that the
women themselves are ready for a
change, that they may be willing to
accept some modification of the ex-
tremely simple lines which have really
been supreme in the mode for so long.
and that a slightly more elaborate cut
will not be frowned upon as sternly as
the hustle revival was frowncd upon two
years ago.
Really complicated clothes OF course
will be very slow In returning to the
general mode. II they return at all. for
many OF the conditions Of modern life
loaded style OF dress would be utterly
Incompatible with them. In Paris. for
example, the habit of spending the week
end out of town is becoming almost as
well established as II Is In London.
Nearly all these trips pre- made In
motors, and the clothes for them are
carried In motor valises which in itself
precludes the possibility OF backing such
gowns as our mothers wore In the late
iamented '7Os and SOS.
Interest I'm Old Modes.
Yet rumors OF revived interest in
the modes OF 1s75-lSs0 are in the air.
and though II Is highly improbable that
we shall have the long, tightly fitted.
scanned bodices. the skin tight sleeves
and draped, frlled. trailing skirts COW
cred with ornamentauon in all their
pristine futility. still we already have
tho new line. exploited by Cheruit
which follows the lines Of the body to
a point about the knee, where II breaks
into a frill which spreads out In bell
like shape. silhouette which is directly
inspired by that or 1876.
Late reports from the milllners speak
OF high trimmings and OF hats like the
sniniche'' Of Louis XVI, which was re-
vivcd for ordinary wear during the
period OF 1S75-iSS0 The milliners are the
HCkuDWleUgel SCOUTS OF the pTpieSSlOn
and new c.e.ss tendencies are often indi-
Gated by cneir models.
rho silhouette which spread. 10 a bell
shs.pe auout the feet is not the only
rumor for the winter OF 1922-2J. The
most persistent and best established
rumor Of all Is that which predicts the
use OF godet inserts and draperies In
godet pIeats. Last February. in Its fore
cast number, Vogue predicted the use OF
godets confined 70 the fronts Of skirts
and presented little mannequins Illus
trating this idea.
The February collections ehowed n
hint here and there, Of the working out
or this idea. but the midseason collec-
tlons and the newest models worn to
daytime events IN June have demon
svrated that Vogue WAS an extraordi-
narily far sighted prophet. for godets In
tho fronts Of skirts are an outstanding
feature Of the mdseason collections.
Jenny's collection offered them as
her most striking novelty, set into
skirts at the height or the knees In front
and one OF Germaine's models had godet
pleats running nearly the whole length
or the front of the gown. set into the
gown itself N the form Of pointed sec
tions. entirely pleated. Worth offers