Show OPENINGS I POPULAR IN LA LATE IE YEA YEARS Beautiful Processions of Women Display Newest Newest Fashions EXTREME STYLES ARE APE i CREATED FOR EXPORT 4 1 1 Are Are Designed in Paris but b butAre Are Not Saleable to Parisians i By FREDERIC FREDERIC J. J HASKIN HAKIN What hat next The minaret town ONO Rite Its wired Ired tu tor portends the thc te teof t tot 1 of ot the he the hoop skirt the tho tango f a v prophesies th the thc possibility of ot r Into p per now comes the c bustle To go of of J D ulars In recent years the feature I Wi re restores seasonal openings In the great gNat r stores of at the thc larger cities has been b bc en n a ler U beautiful genus processional lonal of at the cry very latest sad Women nearing vCr very e y newest costumes costume Theeo Dry slona primarily are designed for 4 11 bh value They arc een en fe t tand many people as ae AS can crowd Into and frequently nUy are aro repeated cv every fur after afternoon j noon for a we week k Among the spectators spectator aT arf are tede who w rt tg live tives of ot the the- trade Journals N will be tailed descriptions that in th the interred 1 fore foro all of the thc people Continued on OD pa D 5 I OPENINGS POPULAR IN LATE YEARS YEAR Continued from pa page e 4 garment Industry wholesalers and retailers retail retail- cr ers alike This is an Important feature of ot the trade publicity which spreads ds th the fashions so rapidly over o the United Unite Sta States tes One of ot the tho most notable of ot this season seasons displays W was S staged In a New York store It was considered of ot such importance that tha Womans Wear a dall dally daily trade Journal made It tho the principal feature of two Is Issues Issues issues Is- Is sues of or that paper Perhaps not the least leas Interesting feature of or this particular promenade was the tho reappearance of the thi bustle Setting From Lo Le Minaret In tills thin processional some twenty fIve or thirty beautiful young models entered upon the scene scano from tho the balcony at the thi back of or the au auditorium Descending the thi steps they the passed slowly along wong the tho brood broad I promenade keeping step to oriental music music mu mu- I sic furnished by an orchestra Through an archway they passed into a 0 scone scene representing representing rep rep- re resenting tho the Interior of ot an oriental templo tem torn plo Tho The broad walk was bordered on or either cither side with rows of large roun round globes which covered the electric lights Tho They then passed into a a. Persian garden the tho setting taken from the third act 01 of ofLe Le toLe Minaret First of or all was w a costume called the th I Zaida having the zouave skirt of black satin Balin draped In Turkish fashion with th the tho skirt caught In the middle at the bottom bot bot- tom torn so as aJ to form torm an n adaptation of Turkish Turk Turk- I ish h trousers With tb these e black satin laUn trousers was worn a short velvet coat ol ot of sapphire blue Then came the minaret costumes Th Thc first was a triple accordion pleated flounce skirt of cerise chiffon each skirt skirl wired with hoops and trimmed with gold old fringe ringe standing well out from the tho bod body Above o each flounce a band of gold braid encircled the skirt The model wore no corsets and her legs legs- from rom the knee knees downward wore were discernible through the filmy draperies She wore v red silk stockIngs stock stock- togs Ings and black Turkish shoos shoes with curled and pointed ends ende Incrusted with silver The bodice reaching Just above e the tho bust was as held up by shoulder straps oi ot gold braid Over O one shoulder was thrown a black lace scarf Upon her head she wore a n. picturesque headdress of black velvet In helmet shape with a spiral mount of oC gold tinsel and on each side Hide hung huge baroque pearls Pantaloons Are Worn I The next model wore white accordion pleated pantaloons finished with silver I bullet fringe at the feet teet Over the pantaloons pantaloons panta panta- loons boos was vas mounted a minaret tunic of oi white while satin trimmed with black velvet rOC roses 8 The tunic boasted of a hoop and I stood well out from the bo body The extremely extremely ex ex- low bodice innocent of sleeves was decorated with ropes of huge hugo silver beads This model also wore Turkish shoes The next model was a reincarnation of ot a. a princess of Bagdad She wore a white satin skirt ending in a pointed train at atthe atthe atthe the back and slashed high in the center front Below her quaint old fashioned short bodice of ot black velvet was arranged a a. series of five Jve accordion pleated pleat pleat- ed white crepe flounces forming the tu tunic tu- tu nic ale each decorated In the tho center front with a long black Jet tassel The waist waistline line Una was defined by a zone of rhInestones Not to be outdone by who re revamped revamped to- to vamped the hoop skirt another Parisian modiste has brought back the bu bustle Uc In this promenade the tho most conspicuous conspicuous conspicuous con con- feature of the afternoon gown was the new bustle effect cUccI Actually no bustle was worn but the tho tunic WE was WEso so draped and aud gathered in the back as to give the effect of or the bustle It Is Is in fact tact the old polonaise come back and as was the case some forty years ears ago the tho polonaise e Is not a success unless s it is re- re ant and made to stand out by the bustle Bustle Gowns Displayed Tho The most striking of or tho the now new bustle gowns cowna was shown in a wino wine colored moire with the tile bustle hustle built up 0 of tulle The bodice of oC t the he gown own is 28 yen very transparent being designed In shadowy and cobwebby lace laco run through with metal threads The neck was as finished with n. n a wired collar Of cour course c. c 11 It is not to be expected that such Uch extreme styles as these will bo be In Instantly Instantly In- In adopted b by tho the patrons of ot a B. store other models were ere present wearing more conservative costumes However Howe and this is 18 th the Important thing even aven the conservative aUve gowns show the Influence in influence tn- tn fluence of ot these extreme styles Skirts Skirls are arc vcr very wide at tho the hips full tull at the knees and coma in close at the ankles They Thoy nUl may not nol be 00 divided so EO as to form torm trousers but hut thc they are arc draped HO so as to give the trouser er effect So it is with tho tunic and tho the tulle polonaise Are Axe Not for Parisians Those hardy revolutionists who are combating the tho Influence of Paris and In Insisting In- In upon American fashions for tor American women find lInd their strongest arguments ar at- in the absurd extremes to which the Parisian s attempt to lead American women It is well known thata that a a. grea great t many of ot these so 0 en called lied new st styles are ara created in Paris but bul not for tor forthe forthe the Parisians Parisian They are designed especially ally shiv for export to the land hand of the fre freand free and tho the home of tho the brave It is III true trio such costumes aro arc worn In Paris Parts but they are not worn b by tho UtO kind of women who are arc asked M to adopt them theIn here They are aro worn either by professional professional protes- protes mod models who are arc a part of ot the great Parisian style industry or or when worn orn by an any one ono else ollie Bro arc designed to at attract attract at- at tract attention b who have hac more moro mone money than morals But despite these facts acts and despite the tho growing strength of tho the American fashion movement th the great Parisian designers still rack their brains for new and startling start start- ling hug effects that they may coax more and yet more mora gold from American purses It Is 18 not to any desire o lra for tor the Improvement Improvement improvement improve Improve- ment of ot women's dress s either from an artistic or a utilitarian standpoint that we ve ore are Indebted for the threatened re reI revival revival re- re vival vl of the hoop skirt and the bustle It ItIs Itis Is Is rather ruther to the tho shrewd Ehred mono money making I genius of a feW fes' men in Parts Paris who understand understand under under- stand perfectly w well ll how how- hoto to play tha the thega ga tramp rile e. e |