Evening star., 1928-02-05

Our Paris correspondent still insists
that there really is no tendency TO dis
card short hair among fashionable
women in France AT any rate those who
have kept their hair or for some reason
have allowed 1t to grow do their best
to tuck it under so that no one would
suspect it. And am also assured that
despite the more nodded waistline and
the longer skirts and the frills and
founces. smart French women are not
at all inclined to give up the slim.
youthful silhouette and that practically
all the coats designed for Spring have
come back 10 straight outlines.
The newest coats are usually made
sans fur-but this ought not to be un-
favorable 10 the furrierS since the lack
Of the attached fur collar leaves room
for a separate scarf of fox or eruline
or possibly sable The three-quarter
coat which was heralded last Autumn
is a fact at last and the dressnakers-
among those who have been exploiting
it-seem at least to have persuaded well
dressed women that 1t really looks
smart
In passing-have you noticed that the
useful smock is worn shorter than IT.
xas-shorter and somewhat scanter? l,
no longer completely hides the frock
but shows goodly glimpse OF that gar
ment.
Do I hear some one asking about
colors?
hope I do, because ! am impa-
tient TO hand on my enthusiasm for
some of the Spring street ensembles
/ have seen that made use OF the
black ard green combination-with
a bit Of white in some Of them. The
green, Of course. is the pea soup variety.
soft and creamy and easy 10 wear, and
the black Is Of the solid real black
that this tone assumes when displayed
In the new dull faced tweeds and other
woolen materials.
The skirts OF the little tailored suits
that the smart Partisan usually chooses
for street wear In Spring give the ef-
feet Of straightness even when there
is q suggestion OF fare, and they
are stili short
The magpie combination of black
and white is coming rapidly 10 the
fore and for the women who find this
trihe hard black and beige COM
binations are a good selection. A new
frock from Eicole Groult has skirt
Of black silk ottoman With long
tunic buttoned up at the back--with
v neckiine and decided blouse above
the waistline
Perhaps this front blouse should be
mentioned as one of the probable new
fashions A red crepe de chine frock
bearing the signature OF Louise
boulanger had skirt shirred around
the hips a crush girdie al the hips
and blouse that really does blouse
al across the front.
Keeping one eye on Paris and an
other on fashions In this country IL
enough 10 make any fashion reporter
mentally rather wall eyed--especially
al present when American women
particularly the younger American wom-
en-are 50 definitely disposed 10 adapt
Paris fashions 10 suit themselves. For
one thing the younger women here are
cehnin'J determined To revive long
haired fashions And they have been
for several seasons the leading expo
nents of the bouffant type Of period
f.ock At one of the sfnartest private
dances In Palm Beach held recently
more than half the frockH actually
reached the fioor and almost all The
rest were of ankle length WaistIinea
were clearly defined and the contour
NJ the hips was very frequently en-
tended by means of puifs and gathers
Can IL be that ihe younger American
woman having gained her reputation
for ultra modernism has turned right