Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 191, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 August 1919 — SUITS AND COATS [ARTICLE]

SUITS AND COATS

Return to Strictly Straight Line Is Predicted. ' <? ! _____ Variety of Styles and Contradiction* Between Paris and New York Expected to Continue. Differing from the general opinion abroad is an American authority who is emphatic on the subject of width in suits and coats and makes the statement that a return to the strictly straight line tailored coat is certain. As this comes from one of the houses which are not at all extreme and very well known it carries weight. It is possible, notes a leading fashion correspondent, that the next season will see the same variety of styles and absolute contradictions between Paris and New York that have prevailed for the last twelve months. Paris, quite as much as* China, is a place where they do things by opposites. Having discarded as much clothing from the knee downward as possible, in the warmest of weather they are wearing velvet berets and velvet hats. It is fortunate that there is a vogue for hats of black tulle and Chantilly or the smart Parisian would be doomed to w ear nothing but velvet on the warmest of days unless she resorts to the glycerined paper hat —a late innovation. The white velvet is, of course, very much smarter than black, if one must wear velvet on a summer day. Lewis put forth some charming models in leghorn and milan, but they proved too commonplace for the Parisian, who refused to wear them. One of Lewis' best liked models is of white velvet in a rolling brimmed sailor shape with a huge “pouf” of marabou in white also. It had the merit of looking summery, at least in color, and does not look as out of place as did some of the velvet tam-o’-shan-ters, which sound in description a great deal like our own Greenwich village headgear.