Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 72, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 March 1914 — DIVIDES WORLD OF FASHION [ARTICLE]

DIVIDES WORLD OF FASHION

Question of Voluminous Wrap or Kimono Is Agitating the Parisian Smart Set.

A secret war is being waged in Paris in the world of ’wraps. On one side we have the old-world “hoppelande” coat, which is immensely wide at the hem and which recalls the garments of the mid-Victorlan period; on the other side we find the adorers of kimono outlines. And for the kimono there is very much to be said of a favorable description. It is a curious fact that though almost all kimonos are alike in outline, each one becomes individual when draped on the figure. I know of no other garment which so lends itself to individual arrangement. Worn by women of ordinary mind and little imagination, a simple satin kimono will seem the most ordinary of ordinary garments. But let the same wrap be worn by a woman of different temperament and immediately it becomes filled with malicious charm. — New York Herald.