Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1920-03-30 | Page 5 | Parisian Styles Fought by Society

PARISIAN STYLES FOUGHT BY SOCIETY I New Organization Launches War Var on Immodest Attire Designers Scornful Br nr International News tee Sen-tee Paris March larch 29 The Tho Tho chief designer for Cor the tho most fashionable dressmaking firm ir In In- Paris Purls was highly amused d when asked if it tho exclusive Parisian houses dealing In gowns Su were I alarmed at tho the world wide campaign campan against immodest feminine attire which has Just been launched by de do la Ia Femme One hOne cannot legislate feminine fashIons ash fash- Ions lon said s the tho designer Wo We only mako make wh what t our clients want Why I sometimes even en after we wo complete completo a gown tho the lady for tor whom It was made complains that tho the corsage Is not low enough oven even though it II was as exaggerated ge- ge rated in the first fir place and the skirt Is too long to display all her charms charm Sometimes the mother of ot a 3 girl will make this complaint when the tho gown Is for Cor tho the daughter And that is not all sometimes all sometimes the husband demands It IU 1 The new ne is making immodest im len- modest attire in the ballroom b only one ono feature of or Its campaign It is also starting starling a a. movement against nudity on the tho stage stae One Ono Paris musical show how where a dancer appears nearly naked has come in for Cor a particularly bitter attack from the reformers Tho The American Federation of or Women's Women's Wo Wo- mens men's clubs and similar organizations wo-I wo in all the civilized countries of or tho the globe will bo be invited to participate In inthe i tho the campaign Tho French organization I tion numbering man many of or the leading suffrage workers of or the country will call for an nn exchange e of or views on tho the part of or women of or ever every nation with a Q aview aview view to adopting an International ap appeal appeal ap- ap peal against b prevailing fashions and some ionic theatrical productions Mine Ime Germaine Marcille one of the leaders le In the tho French movement for dress reform said ald that nearly forty I women's organizations have havo signed the society's first circular of ot protest to the big dressmakers Sho She believes tho the movement will havo have a n. big ble- effect on next winters winter's styles I