The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-09
ARE NEW COATS IN REVOLT?
Some Swanky Paris Models
Rebel Against Uniform
ity, Says Germainc

Biarritz, France
Dear Cousin:
We are all packed to return TO
Paris. IL IL were not that jacques
will arrive in Paris just about the
time | do, should put up a great
wall about leaving this gay, beauti-
full spot.
As it is, | am only acting the mar
tyr, while in secret my soul is in re-
joicing. So injured did l appear
when Father decided not to go on to
, the Lido. that his hard heart melted
and he tod me to 90 out and buy the
coat ! wanted so badly. Which
did. And more!
Diagonal Opening HIDES Pocket
You know last week told you
was in revolt against uniformity in
clothes. Just when my feelings were
wrought up to the highest passed
one Of the smart little shops and
through the open door | saw 4 name
gum in coat and hat that expressed
its reaction in is very being.
Before l knew il, | was inside me
shop. and inside the coat. knew
had 10 have it. told Father
frankly how felt abou: H. but he
was very unsympathetic and insisted
in going back into ancien. history
and trying 10 figure on, how many
coats own.
So, when he dec ded to return %
Paris. he was only too glad to con
cede the coat From the photograph
you can see how very different and
original It is. Not one thing about
it is ordinary. The material is a so..
lovely gray kasha just the color
said would have none Of. but never
mind--it has the smart diagonal OPP
ening and a silly pocket just where
no pocket before ever thought Of be-
ing. It is braided in gray braid and
has a turnover collar Of the most
exciting red velvet. The hat, which
really belonged with il so it would
have been sinful TO separate the two.
IS also Of gray. faced back with the
same red rather think when
Jacques sees me in that he won't be
sorry he returned TO his native land.
Weird Stripes and Piaids
In the same shop fell for another
hat, which will also be very nice with
the coat II decide that want q
change. 1t is one Of the new abso-
lutely plain turbans. in gray felt. that
has square flaps over the ears and
apparently took an idea or so from
the aviator's helmet. The gray is
very soft and dovelike. in tone. so
il is very easy to feel like q demure
Quakeress in it. To live up to the
role may Be o shade more difficult.
At this same shop saw some Of
the very extreme new fur coats and
had one photographed for you so
that you could see the trend in furs.
This one is shaved very close and
dyed in q plaid pattern, then made
exactly like a sport coat. | saw 9TH
ers with stripes and all sorts of
weird effects that no animal, with
the possible exception of the zebra,
ever thought Of before.
l saw many new felt hats painted
so that they looked exactly like
leopard skin or snakeskin. made Of
very soft felt. The effect is decided
~ new and chic
II seems to me highly probable that
the "culotte," polite word for panta-
loon. insists upon being taken more
seriously. have seen ever 80 many
evening gowns here, Of diaphanOus
fabrics, beaded or embroidered with
floating panels that revealed bloom
ers Of the same material, similarly
trimmed. With such designers as
/ Worth. Lanvin. Philippe and CASTOR
and others showing such costumes.
their vogue is almost assured.
Circular Hemlines Are hest
J Ruffled and circular hemiines seem
to me to have developed far beyond
! what we had any right to expect.
Some Of the smartest satins for aft
ernoon have ruffled skirts. usually
these ruffles taking diagonal course
or being added SO that they give !
! slanting rather than horizontal
!, line for the eye to travel.
There is nothing like the diagonal
+, line 70 convey the idea OF slender
ness. Just as there is nothing like
| geometrical cuts and intricate seam
ings to give the idea Of smartness.
! Say what you will. women want to
look slender. And the most success
| full couturiers in Paris are the ones
who realize this. II you can take off
| five pounds with certain line and
: add ten with another, why bother to
1 diet? Let your costumer work II all
out for you.
We are leaving tonight, so my next
letter will be from Paris. They tell
ME the styles are worth going back
f, for. So expect reams.
From your devoted cousin,
Germaine.