Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-11
Wish of Many Women
for Real Change in
{ Dress Has B e e n
Fulfilled T hrou9h
Clothes Now Worn.
Dressmakers Have
Launched and EStab.
liShed New Silhou.
cite Within Year.
nv MARY MARSHALL.

~ ETWEEN the darkness Of Deem
Der and the daylight of Spring
comes brief pause in the round
of fashion when we can reflect
on the fashions OF the year that
has Just passed and give little serious
thought to the possible fashions that
are to come.
Great fashion changes have taken
place within the last IL months. The
dreSSmakerS have not only launched but
actually put over q new silhouette; MIL
liners have taught us how to wear .
new sort of hat in an entirely new way;
we have learned new tricks in hair
dressing. So far as our appearance
goes, we have been entirely made over.
THESE changes have come as the full
fillment of a wish that almost every
woman expressed, at least to herself,
that she might have the pleasure and
satisfaction of wearing dresses and hats
and accessories that were really differ
ent. You went to q historical costume
play and came away hoping that some
day YOU might wear clothes that were
as alluring and flattering as the clothes
seen on the stage. You took part In
pageant or costume dance ana 1eit your
own charms enhanced by the pictur-
ea1ue costume you wore. You looked
over old prints depicting costumes OF
other DAYS and wondered how modern
women had ever been 50 long content
with wearing dresses OF the starkly
simple sort.
0aaint, old-fashioned costumes, but. OF
course, you didn't want 20 wear ciotnes
that actually were old fashioned or
quaint. What the dressmakers have
done within the past IL months Is to
launch q new silhouette that ID at the
same time picturesque and decidedly
modern The milliners have given US
hats to wear that are as becoming and
intriguing as any of the hats OF the
time satisfy our demand for sophisti-
cation and smartness. And. when you
come to think OF 1t, this is something
Of an accomplishment.
~ \
A YEAR ago we wore long evening
"A dresses on special occasions, but
We still regarded them as something OF
An experiment and felt q little self
conscious about them. We wore dresses
that indicated q waistline, but still felt
somehow that Q straight low waistline
was still normal" We let our hair
grow for q time and then wondered
what We were going to do about IT
when II was long enough to do up.
Hats that showed the brow we recog-
niBed as smart, but we still felt that
they were suited only TO the very young
and the very beautiful
Now We wear long skirts in the eve
ming ~ q matter Of course and feel
embarrassed and self-conscious In an
evening dress that does not come at
lsast to the ankles. The normal waist
line really seems normal ct last. though
thus far We have done very little to
aecentuate It's slenderness.
Hats that cover the brow look aS old
fashioned now as hats that revealed 1t
two or three years ago. The new type
Of brow-revealing hat appears In ver-
sicns that seem TO US now to be be-
coming to all types Of faces. To be
sure, the question Of hair length has
not been definitely solved. The weight
Of the argument In favor Of really long
hair seems to come very largely from
this side Of the Atlantic. French wom-
en- still have their hair bobbed or have
the ends rust long enough to be curled
trinity at the back Of the head.