Show F R E nal nfl ha GOWNS skirts wider but not so long as last season every period Is represented paris fashions havo have bloomed this spring with more than their usual brightness ond and beauty observes a 11 fashion writer in the now york almea although thero there Is no great chango change in the silhouette as aa it appears to the casual eye thero there has been an unusual change in tho the way in which that sll oil bogetto la achieved whereat formerly tho the straight lines were really cut straight now they are made up of combinations bi of plaits and circular cuts and of trimmings and gobets and 1 ln sorts that are astonishing once they have been revealed there seems a ton tendency dency to slip sill into a more formal ern era doing the trick gently without too much publicity about its ita introduction at any rat rate the skirts aro are decidedly wider than they have been and not so long it would seem this time last year they were going down down down to the consternation of the women of america despite the way they might have been accepted in franco france and now they ore are creeping upward again though not with any great speed they come in different lengths flounced plaited OHA of tho the spring fashion features from different designers but none ot of them to so long as to bo be startling tire are growing less and less leea spectacular because as the skirts advance in ornamentation sleeves necessarily roust must recede from the center of the stage of dress design capes cape and coats are full and ample in all of their lines and proportions proportion sand ond are trimmed with flounces and inserts of the plaits and panels so that they become voluminous series of lines surrounding the basic foundation of the figure As for period dign design there levius bobea to bea bo a dress fo for every period from the egyptian which has had so sudden a vogue rogue to the drooping lines of the victorian era they range all through the various expressions of womans comans dress but most of these period styles are only to be seen as influences they have their effect in one way or on an other but are applied to the dress which expresses the woman of 0 thoaas tho day however from among the array army of differing styles it ii Is possible for each woman to choose the best that best becomes her selecting lines and designs that will make her personality stand out to its best advantaged advantage |