New Britain herald., 1928-08-30
BY RosErrE

Paris, Aug. 29-Women seem tt
have evolved in strange fashion ir
regard to dress during the last fiji.
teen years They not longer seem
to care much, il at any smart gath
ering they meet two or three other
women wearing the same dress. Had
this happened before the war, a
couturier would have had very
irate client to deal with.
1 The ''modele a success" which
means the model with the popular
tappeal seems to be what many a
woman looks for nowadays. That
type seems to revel in the fact that
she is Immediately labeled as wear
ing the Lanvin dress or the Patou
coat Of the season.
If you question a smart woman
about this she will shrug her
shoulders and say that, after ALL
there is every difference in the
world in the way Of wearing q sue
cessful model No two women look
alike, and besides there is the
question OF hat, shoes, and SO on.
This may be right but the lack
OF the exclusive feeling seems to
be one that should be guarded
against.
The Poiret Collection
This was apparent at Paul Poi
ret's collection. His clientele is
composed for the most part of
women who do not want to look
! like anybody else. A Poiret gown
is always interesting. 1t usually
is about two seasons In advance
of any other model. The woman
who wears a Poiret creation there
fore must be real to be cyno-
sure OF all eyes wherever she goes.
The thing that strikes one most
about the Paul Poiret collection is
that. far from appearing extreme
as they did three seasons ago. they
are all wearable Skirts are trifle
longer and fuller and bodices
more fitting than anywhere else.
Long hip yokes on which wide
skirts are gathered are the feature
of many afternoon dresses. and
lighter yokes than the rest OF the
gown are used on the bodies
of others. These Jokes form the
sleeve in some cases and are quite
q novel treatment
No particular color dominates
In this interesting collection.
Light and dark blue. black, grey,
green, brown all are used by Pol
ret. The evening dresses are very
diversified. being made of lame.
velvet and satins. One unusual
evening gown is composed of
many-frilled and form-fitting bod
ice over which is placed a green
shawl heavily embroidered in gold.
This is draped tightly round the
figure and tied at the back, after
the manner Of the Italian peasant
women.
Many novel treatments Of sleeves
are to be noted in this house. Some
of them are tight-fltting as far as
the elbow. where they fare out in
the form OF a biased frill. Others
fit tightly from the wrist UP and are
finished off with tremendous gaunt-
let cuffs.
Couturier for Youth
Madame Jenny is known by the |
smart young French matrons as the
creator of delightfully."- youthful look
ing dresses and her collection In
cludes a galaxy of such "petites
robes" to choose from.
Most of her coats are either rag
Ian -shaped or built on 4 yoke Of
some kind and practically all have
tight fitting collars finishing off
in a variety of scarf-ends. Fur Is
used in a very mastery fashion as
a trimming for afternoon coats,
but here also collars are on the
small side and close fitting.
The princess style Of dress DOM
mates throughout but 1t is a de-
lightfully modernized and youth
full princess that surely will be
very successful. Velvet and black
satin seem to be the favorite mt
iiums and ermine IL often used as
The relieving factor.