Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-04-02
ashton Notes. for the Woman Who Would A-Shopping Go
NNE RTTENOUSE Tells the Real Facts About Skirt SyesLone and
Full Is the Paris Decree While Ondy and Ta@eta Are the Ma
the Waisneeas From the Establish
Produce New cket-Nor Carolina Tweeds and Home
spuns Made Up Into Suits-Showing

long-waisted frocks. Sometimes a
band of beads ormetallic embroidery
is placed at the bottom of q wide,
draped girdle. But this is quite Diff
ferent from the links and chains that
encircle the hips and then send clink-
ing ends dangling at the side. That
sort of thing is no longer smart.
LAWNS new trick Of encirc1ing the
hips with In immense roll Of mate
rial is just an indication that we are
still under the spell Of the orient
The prototype of this girdle is the
enormous serpents that the Hindu
snake charmers wind around them
selves when they want to entertain
Europeans sojourning in the orient.
WHEN Mile Jane J. !. + tn.
w French actress-who always had
as a background last summer at
Deauville the Crown Prince of Ka-
purthala-wore Lanvin gown. show
ing this type of hip belt in the form
of an enormous roll of silver cloth
the other night in Paris. the audience
app]auded before she had spoken her
first lines. It was the first time that
an audience paid such homage to q
gown. But to do SO was essentially.
Gallo. -
,Premet is one Of the French dress
makers who introduces a new coat
It is a hip-length jacket held together
across the front of the waist with a
crepe de chine sash tied in q large
hox, a. <hAx1eF< eide rba.a ,~,h>~ .r>
attached to the jacket under the
plaits on either side Of the back and
tie only across the front, or are tied
around q low waistline as any belted
jacket.
Premet also introduced a top coat
for the American trade that was SEN
sational, the sketch of which is shown
here. 1t was trimmed with plated
red leather around the collar, and 1t
gave the effect of square Japanese
garments. heavily fringed at the end
Of one panel and dropping: to a point
on the side opposite the fringe.
cheruit is one of the few designers
who emphasize top coats instead of
capes. She lines them with green,
and puts a green pocket handker-
chief in the top pocket.
Paul Poiret, whose entire collec-
ton has been shown all over America
by a New York dressmaker who has
bought the American rights, shows a
| short coat that has a brilliant waist
coat in front. fastened at the waist
and continuing to the back by means
of narrow belt OF the material.
Poiret also introduces a brilliant
| leather jacket. heavily 'fringed, which
he calls Mexico. Tho leather jackets
| in tree green and in Chinese red are
features Of the hour. American
| women initiate the idea in short
| square jackets Of red satin. cire.
Jenny insisted upon full three
quarter coats which are comfortably
| do not regard these with keen inter-
| est,
There is no longer any question
as to the success of the knicker-
| booker as far as smart women arc
concerned. AS garment for gen.
eral wear they have been found want
ing before they were even fairly
tried.
Tor country club and house parties
the knickerbocker is indispen-
sable. Bear in mind, however, that
they are always sold with the skirt,
which can be worn on the street
without the Knockers. They are Of
! tweeds and soft wooden mixtures.
also of Scotch homespun, which is
now shown in this country by the
Scotch firms who make them.
Tho North Carolina tweeds and
homespuns also make up into these
three-piece suits. Those who are
tired OF hearing about the fiapper
checking her corsets in the dressing
room might turn their humor on the
| women who check their skirts while
| they take country walks or ride
! horseback or play tennis.
The average Jacket when one