Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1922-05-18
I ailored Suits
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coat developed In brilliant brownish
red cloth and trimmed with thread.
ings of black taffeta cut In bias points.
This model has the Madeleine Vionnet
circular swing and cup-shaped collar
standing erect. The floating ends OF
taffeta are quite unusual on a cloth
coat.
The marked feature Of another coat
is its dog collar belt, exactly Ike that
worn by the smart and much-indulged
bulldog. The belt Is of raspberry red
and black enamel leather bordered
with bristling badger hair. The coat
itself, which seems almost secondary,
is In a raspberry red velours de laine
embroidered In black and gray.
Hip-Length Jackets In Combinations.
The jackets Of the new tailored suits
are notably short, some In seml-ftted
styles and others with full bias swing.
ing coat Just passing the curve Of the
hips and hanging loose from the shoul-
ders. Sometimes this type Of model
is belted, but more frequently 1t hangs
loose from the shoulders. Among ex-
treme novelties one often finds coat
In contrast to the skirt. Thus black
satin may be combined with red cloth,
navy serge with high color foulard
and serge Is frequently combined with
leather.
Cheruit's suits are particularly In
teresting, with their smart, full hip
length jackets or the hip-length jacket
which is belted. This house uses the
hip yoke In many skirts-a revival Of
fashion prevalent In 1908.
Many great makers, notably among
them Rolande, Of Paris, make fea-
ture Of the jacket which looks like
the blousing bodice Of dress. Sew
eral Of these are notable for their long,
tight-fitting sleeves, so long that they
wrinkle In order not to cover the
hands.
Tailored suits made from striped
materials are very interesting In their
detail. transverse stripes being used
in opposition to vertical ones to work
out the novelty Of the design.
There is note of red on many Of
the new suits, a bright Chinese red
being used as an embroidery, piping
or belt trimming in combination with
black. with navy blue, castor beige
tones and gray.
An interesting feature Is the crepe
de chine jacket suit, the material be-
ing treated as one would use serge.
All Of the tailored suits are shown
with most charming little blOuses,
some of which match, notably in the
trimming, and others In distinct con
trast to both material and color.
Three-Piece Suits of Two Fabrics.
Worth makes speciality Of crepe de
chine three-pieceS suits, many of which
have very fancy sleeves. He combines
two materials, such as crepe marocain
and crepe de chine. The sleeyes, In
addition to being very elaborate, are
often much embroidered In beautiful
combinations of color.
Jean Patou has created a great Inn.
preston with his smart youthful lines,
notably In suits and simple tailored
and one-plece dresses. Practically all
Jackets are short and in distinct tail
ored style, many being belted like the
Russian blouse. He uses lovely tweeds
and other interesting materials In
mixed grays. AS variety among
Jacket suits he has models with smart
short capes. In nearly every instance
very attractive blouse accompanies
the suit. this In itself being quite as
much a feature as the suit
Two materials are often combined
thus he shows one. tailored model
Mephisto-with a white serge skirt
and red serge Jacket. There is a
full line of one-plece afternoon dresses
in both wool and In silk. The navy
blue serge dress is at its best in this
collection. A lovely model called
Parisienne Is developed from Bianchi.
mis- jacquard serge, which seems to
have a fine thread embroidery In white
thrown to the surface on the blue serge
ground.