Middletown transcript., 1922-10-28
Coming Winter May See Passing
Of FIapper Type Of Dress,
Writer Asserts.

Fashions are becoming more sophis-
ticated. The fiapper has met for
midable rival in the woman. So this
winter, writes a fashion correspondent
In the New York Tribune, may see
the passing of the tlapper type of
dress
All of the new styles show strong
tendency to depart from the juvenile
types so prevalent during the past few
years. They embedy dignity and i'm
portance, two characteristics which Of
late years have been almost entirely
lacking in dress.
The long skirt and the many varia-
tions Of drapery now in use have
helped to bring about these changes
The important part played by rapery
rather handicaps the amateur dress
maker No more can she hope to be
dressed in the height OF fashion n
the simple chemise frock which she
made so easily. No she must include
in her wardrobe gowns draped on Nas-
sic lines.
| The ways in which drapery has
vaclllated in the position that 1t shall
take In regard to the dress is some
what astonishing. 1t began by adorn-
ing the side of the frock. After as
suming numerous other positions II
now elects to make the from, the most
important part o; the gown.
Circular Effects Obtained.
Many think il comparatively easy
10 popularize Il new style and thai
women are waiting to welcome any
thing new and striking in dress. This
is not so. A real change in fashions
is brought about very. very slowly. 1t
is months. sometimes II year. after II
style is shown before it is accepted
even in limited way. Take. for in
stance the circular skirt. Two years
| ago designers put their best effects
into models with circular skirts in an
endeavor to make this fashion popu-
lar, and during the intervening time
the best creators of styles have from
time to time tried to force them. But
il Is only this autumn that we see this
type of skirt making real progress.
1t is not unusual to see skirts that
are plain and tight across the back
with circular panels in the front and
at the sides. thus making a compro-
mise between the straight line and the
circular.
While daytime dresses show fan
shaped godets and front drapings
there is a strong tendency toward
really wide skirts for the evening.
Skirts are very long. Lanvin, al
ways the exponent of youth in dress
makes her models longer than those
Of any other dreSsnaker in Paris. Sc
we may expect to see the extremely
long-skirted frock taken up by young
girls This always is favorable TO tht
success of fashion, because all WON
en- like to appear youthful, and the
style that youth elects to make its
: own invariably becomes the prevailing
: mode.
Deviate From 6ateau Neck!ine.
Designers are trying to do away
, with the popular batenu neckline
and in their endeavor have introduced
several interesting outlines for the
neckS of dresses, among the most un
usual being the one-sided effect. There
is The deep V-shaped neck cut higl
at the back and extremely low il
front. This type requires a gilet ol
modesty piece, as the French call it
A new French frock in which til,
onc-Sided effect is exaggerated almos
to the point where it becomes bizarre
is important. as it stresses the stron:
tendency toward one-sided effects il
both necklne and sleeve. On one sid,