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Show fARISIAN STYLES RETURN TO CONSERVATISM I DRESS CHANGES INFLUENCED B An I Buyers Find New Models Are Again Complicated and Expensive (Bv The Associated Preea) PARIS. Mar. 12. A return to con- seryatlam In woman's dress is indl- H cated in advance displays for spring J and summer now being held in Paris. H Several hundred American buyers H who have arrived for tho seasonal Lf fashion shows are more pleased than H they have been since the armistice H because of the case with which the B new modes can be adapted to Amcrl- H The Paris dressmakers continue to H show extreme effects In afternoon and J evening wear, but the majority of the H gowns reflect a return to sanity in dress. Such Is the view of American buyers. Buying, however, is restrict- ed because of the case with which the H new modes can be adapted to Ameri- "m LH Tho Paris dressmakers continue to show extreme effects in afternoon and evning wear, but thn majority of BiBH the gowns reflect a return to sanity In dress. Such Is the view of Ameri-can Ameri-can buyers. Buying, however, is re-strlcted re-strlcted because of tho genera de- preasion In tho United Slates Tho H business lull in America has led to purchase of the most quiet models, the theory being that American worn- n during the coming season will buy H only simple things which can be worn H on many occasion- ffl DARING MODELS shown 1 The season is only half finished, but H a general indication has already beeni H given of the changes. One of tho H most noticeable innovations is the lengthening of skirts at least one inch. H French dressmakers admit that this is a recognition of American taste which H haa resented the extremely short skirt since it was Introduced. I Back9 are still bare. This the dressmakers have refused to alter. H American buyers are purchasing theaa "bareback" moMels with a view to H rigidly modifying them in America H While the new gowns are less radi- H cat, buyers say they continue to He H I . ompHcated and expensive. With tin reappearance of dyes of a pre-war H standard, color dominates all gowns. The material may be simple but gold and silver and blue and pink trim- H mings are combined to make It at-tractive. at-tractive. As ono buyer described it, ' modern simplicity implies expense, old fashioned slmpllcit -.dullness." H M KM IX nut RES W IN Prices continue high- Drcssmak- H crs justify them by pointing to the artistry involved in their creation" and also to the fact that materials used were purchased at top price.-. For the eastern typo of beauty the H season offers much. There are drap-erics drap-erics and turbans of all variety of color ard long strings of beads of ali colors of the rainbow. Beads are tc !c worn extensively according to the arbiters of fashion. The senson's effect have been built LH for the normally built women and tho LH extremely plump and extremely thin women will have somo difficulty in loosing becoming gowns. H The corset has again been ignored. So serious and consistent has been i this coolness to what was former:. fashion's basic principle, that corset manufacturers are contemplating an extensive campaign to bring the cor-set cor-set back into its proper place. Paris dressmaker say that corsets "are B simply impossible," If one desires Uo H utmost in smartness. Feathers pluy a most Important part in the new hats. Ostrich plumes Id I I particular are being used on large bats. Hats for the most part are small, and are worn crushed down on the head in many shapes. Fruit is Invading tho realm of fash-Ion. fash-Ion. Punches of fruit and flowers are worn at tho waist and some of tho LH gowns have belts of roses around the waist. Flowers are extensively used ln many other combinations. The prophecy of fuller skirts is slow ly but surel.v coming true, accord-Ing accord-Ing to buyers- Although It is not yet fully realised, the season's gowns are 3iiliHKli.it whlcr BBiSB The frail shoulder strap, upon L which so much depends, persists ln the new creations. The dressmakers L say they have strengthened it, so as to avoid "embarrassing compllca-Hons," compllca-Hons," but men buyers say It still has dangerous aspects. |