Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1927-08-05
Longer Skirts to
Be Mode in Paris
Brevity, However, Contin-
ues for Sports Clothes for
Sake of Activity.

Paris has already signed her Letter
OF Fashions for late summer days and
the early days of autumn, so that as
fast as one successful wardrobe is
completed, ones mind and eye turns
to the edicts of the famous couturiers
In Paris. The "dernier cri'' in matters
OF good dressing says Paris fashion
correspondent in the Kansas City
Star, come to the world through col
lections Of models shown for the
"demi-saisOn," as the French term
midseason clothes. But when all is
said and done. the new models do not
mean those exclusively for between
seasons but herald, as we'll, coats,
suits and many frocks which are to be
worn in the early autumn.
One of the most important topics in
the world of fashion Is that of the
length of skirts. and upon this pivots
one Of the most exciting bits of news
that rushes out of the dressmaking
portals. They are longer. With these
few words. 1t seems that the whole
story Is told, but much more Is to be
said upon this vital subject In the
ways of the mode. Sports clothes OBJ
viOusly hew to the line of brevity for
the sake of activity, so that the dis
lance of the hemline from the ground
instantly segregates fashions into
two wholly different classes: those of
sports character and dressy types. For
afternoon and evening wear Paris not
only sponsors but accepts the longer
skirt, an idea which glided forth in
many guises for the early summer
modes and which now stands as an es-
tablished fact. Midseason showings
have emphasized the longer-skirted
frock, not only in its illusion, but in
its reality. and frankly shows that the
heightened skirt is not fy-by-night
fashion, but one that is descending
upon US with avidity.
In an attractive frock named
"Folie," the loose panels, which re-
mind one of box plaits, come below
the body OF the dress, which in itself
is longer, while the panels add a few
more inches to the depth. But this
is only one of hundreds of frocks
shown in Paris wherein the skirt is
longer. Circular skirts are both long
er and wider. Draped models always
descend at the point of the drapery
whether this is in the center front of
the skirt or one side, while fan-plait-
ing is inset at both sides of the skirt
to give fullness as well as depth at
these side points. A point of length,
shown in earlier collections-the long
Oack dip in evening gowns of chiffon
finds emphasis in the midseason
shows so that one is guided into safe
channels of correct fashions by choos-
ing simple unadOrned gown in either
pastel tone or one of the small floral
prints which have such great vogue
this season.
AS If a vote had been taken as to
which color would be most popular
for late summer and earl autumn,
the couturiers of Paris shfwed guam
titles of gray in every imaginable type
Of froek, coat and ensemble. Unlike
the grays we used to know, which
were hard and cold, the new grays
have pinkish tone, and some appear
to be mixed with white, which softens
themsenough,t become many types of.
coloring. Blues are passing because
the strain of popularity is too great to
hold them for the late mode, and in
the place of blue comes golden and
reddish brown shades, which taper to
points of biscuit and delicate tints of
champagne. Green stands among the
unbanished, while purple tones, such
as those of the pansy and violet ink,
advance with enthusiasm in the pro-
cession of colorS