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PARIS AGAIN FASHIONING THE FASHION WORLD 429
gives us few evening dress designs. But
she has taken out her energy in designing
new materials and fabrics and creating an
enthusiastic vogue for afternoon dresses
of unique design. This increase in newly
designed fabrics also has made her determined
to use all of them. As a re -
Separate Coat in Directoire
Style
Coat of gray tussah, indicating
curved fitted figure, with slightly
lifted waistline.
The "Tonneau'' or Barrel
Skirt of Suedene
the newest suits are made from two different
materials and colors, that is, the
jacket may be white or gray and of very
elaborately designed material, while the
skirt may be of a dark, plain rich material.
A new style she has given us this year
is the "tonneau" or barrel skirt. When
tailored, this skirt is cut in two circular
portions, an upper part extending from
the hip to the knee, and a
lower part from hem to
knee, these circular pieces
being joined in a seam at
their widest spread. This
leaves the skirt narrow at
the waist and hem. and
wide at the knee. The
fashion designers of this The Lotus
skirt claim to have taken
A distinctive Centemeri novelty in
glove embroidery.
the idea from the dress of the Hindoos
and Great Britain's Oriental troops in
France.
The vital question. "Are the skirts to
be longer or shorter," is answered definitely.
Paris endorses the skirt two
inches above the ankle. Of course the
Sport Coat. Checked and Plain
A startling combination in high
colors is featured in this sport coat.
Vivid green and white are the
colors.
new barrel skirt requires a somewhat
greater length, because such a skirt naturally
cups in a little, and draws around
the ankles, and it would look ridiculous
if too short.
An interesting result of the war, on
clothes and their designs, is the fact that
there are so few male operatives who
have the skill for tailoring that dresses,
or untailored suits and loose coats, are
mostly in vogue, in place of
the suit, and these dresses
are all made by women.
We don't know whether
the war has also created the
vogue for new colors, but
anyway we must call these
newly designed dresses by
different names than before,
such as clav. beaver.