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10 THE INDEX, Saturday, March 31, 1928
C r o s s C u r r e n t s O f F a s h i o n
The old is becoming a constantly swelling tide, displacing the new.
Yet it becomes new itseli, in the process.
bi-i Blanche Sears Emerson
W E are caught in the and find it. It may even be that
swirl of a swift-mov­ tradesmen—realizing the selling
ing stream that is value of a foreign name—offer
bearing us, we know not adaptations of imported models
whither. So far we rather like as copies. But the adaptations
the sensation of change; the are far more appropriate for our
contrast between war and post­ use than the original. This hardwar
fashions; the fascinating ly seems right, yet it happens
variety of every separate and in­ so! And between the one and
dividual thing. It is such a re­ the other a new mode is shaped
lief to be able to choose some and new fashions offered—you
special things from many things will find, as the season advances,
that are special. It takes only that they are the loveliest in
a little care in selection to be years, rich in beauty, grace and
eminently well-dressed from charm; appropriate to the oc­
early morning until the curfew casion for which they were de­
rings. Even in this modern day signed ; sure to encourage the
there is a curfew! And at this well-clad, well-groomed woman.
moment our fashion avenues It is these many sources of
hum with activity-—buyers are these many things, and the
coming back from foreign many originators of widely vary­
marts; from the salons of emiing modes, that cause the crossnent
couturieres; from openings currents in the fashion stream.
and displays that include all that We are borne hither and yon by
is loveliest in the market places the allure of the one and the
of the world. They are shaping charm of the other; but we aie
the new mode, these buyers, and safely and surely passing
for us remains the privilege of through the "Rips" of indecision
the final decision.
to the calm, still waters of a
For this you must remember settled mode. And yet! Even
—we have freedom of thought; as we congratulate ourselves on
of speech; of choice; in this, our the safe passage, we feel a subtle
America. Beautiful woolens are undercurrent that we know will
brought to us from the busy take us, eventually, into troubled
looms of Scotland and England. waters. There are other seasons
France contributes her laces and to come; other modes to be born.
silks, and so does Belgium; we We must be content that the
are offered embroideries, pains­ many textiles, frocks, wraps,
takingly wrought by quaint shoes and hats and accessories
peasant peoples; all this wealth do, for even a short time, make
of beauty becomes ours, to use a harmonious unit. Time enough
in the achievement of fashion for worry about next season
distinction. France sends us when next season comes!
models of both garments and ac­ It is not easy to reconcile onecessories,
providing inspiration. self to the simplicity of a mode
But France has learned that she that speaks of gorgeous ma­
may not impose ideas adapted to terials and intricate manipula­
her own type of women upon the tion of them; of flounces, tiers,
American woman. We, alone, of frills and draperies; of uneven
all the many nations, carry hemlines and fluttering capes
smartness into every station in and swinging scarfs; of broken
life; our business women are and irregular lines. But we will
quite as smart—at times even find that apparently still waters
smarter—than our women of will admit of the existence of all
leisure.
these elements in the broken
It would be unfair to leave you waters they have just passed.
with the impression that we are Proof of the consummate skill of
dependent upon foreign sources the designer exists in the finish­
for our fashions, for this is not ed model that is a perfect ex­
so. From fundamental fabrics ample of the ensemble, in that
to finished models we may look it subordinates parts, yet per­
to domestic sources for beauty— mits them to keep their identity.
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