Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-23
BY MARY MARSHALL.

TN France. one goes to the races to
note the acceptance of fashions in
outdoor clothes. In this country
A one studies the apparel of the wom-
en- who attend the important foot
ball games.
To be sure, the French races are not
what they we're i'll ante-bellum days.
There is usually the complaint nova
days that the throngS seen at Long
champs, Auteuil Saint-Cloud and Chan
tilly are less exclusive. less elegant"
than they used to be-. But to see the
popular acceptance of the modes
launched by the dressmakers and milli-
nerS for outdoor wear, the races are
still most important
Attending the races in this country
is Of value to the fashion reporter, too,
but, Interestingly enough, the fashion,
able women Hf weaI tif who follow the
races here are less significant in a study
of American dress than the girls and
women who foregather at any impor-
tant college or university event And
to study the preferences and fads of
these women in the Autumn, no better
opportunity is afforded than what the
French would call lie foot bal"
In France and, I suppose, in most
other countries leadership in fashions
rests with the women of fashion; in
this country the situation is different.
Fashionable American women follow
French fashions, and usually with dis
tinction but when anything that might
be called really new fashion, or new
tendency worth noting, occurs in this
land of the brave and the free, it comes
from another quarter. Almost every
fashion development that may be con-
sidered American born that has occurred
here for several years might have been
traced to that very large and thriving
group of younger women whose chief
social interests center around the col
leges-their own or those of their broth
ers and their man friends. T..
Sometimes these campus-born fads
are so important that even Paris has to
take them seriously.
Take the eyebrow-line hat-that every
French milliner is showing this Autumn.
That fashion started when the younger
college group wearied of wearing their
hats down over their eyebrows like the
women in the fashion sketches, and
pushed them a little further back on
their heads. The raised waist line, the
longer, wider. more picturesque gown for
evening, the tuck-in blouse or sweater
all these things might be traced to the
originality of these collegians or COL
leglanS sisters.
And SO it is with good reason that
suggest studying fashions as the
Autumn foot ball games to see the new
est mode in Autumn outdoor apparel.
For there you will see the younger,
more daring girls who dare to take
their little hatchets and blaze few
nouches in the trail of fashion for
themselves. To make the picture COM
plete and typical you will see older and
more sophisticated women who follow
along where Paris bids them go.
For the girl whose favorite fur is
a fox scarf there is the new type
of Autumn coat with a small or fiat
collar over which it may be worn
conveniently. For the earlier part
of the season or where weather con-
ditions are not severe the tailored two
piece suit will, am sure, be favorite
with foot ball spectators and with this
tie "a LulIar is most acceptable.
For the girl who goes in for really
srnIe+'~ -.ac or sports costume for
1a1S UaII wear, and chooses a heavy
Toolen sweater or a short leather coat,
wooden or silk Scarfs are comfort and
a convenience. Square or oblong scarfS
70 silk will be worn beneath the fur or
f'rr-collared cloth coats and the de-
I"ano aL present for ScarfS showing the
Filters and colors of the leading foot
ball-playing colleges and universities