Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 253, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 October 1919 — There Are Many Fancy Suits [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

There Are Many Fancy Suits

A stroll through establishments, ' Whose styles we know to be authority- ' five soon verifies the assertion made by manufacturers that tailored suits are growing fancier. That Is the first impression to be gathered from almost any display. But one must not draw conclusions too quickly. It has come to the place' 1 where there are several distinct types of the tailored suit, including the knock-about suit, the walking suit and the promenade suit (which must be another name for what we have known as the formal suit.) The . knock-about and walking suits will please those whq are wedded to severe tailor-made, while promenade and formal suits are for those who like departures from this type. Probably the influence of French Ideas has promoted the success of the fancier tailored suits, for the severe type has never been a favorite with Paris. Where there is no place for a ' gay or frivolous or dainty touch to apparel, French designers seem to feel ’ hampered ; they do not like the type of suit that attends strictly to the business of being practical and well made. They, delight In unexpected little decorative touches that have no reason for existing, except to be inieresting and good looking. All the new glove finish fabrics —and their name is legion —promote the eatise of fancier suits. Duvetyn, velours, duvet anjl their Uke, are very joft with surfaces that vary, but are •ever hard. Close behind them trico- *

tine and gabardine lend themselves to proinetiade suits by their texture. A fine example in a tricotine model for fall and winter wear is shown in the accompanying pict um- It shows allegiance to the last decrees for longer skirts and coats and presents odd emplacements of material on the skirt and coat, with braid, buttons, and buttonholes cleverly managed to elaborate both. The collar is unusual with straight revers that extend over the shoulder and widen at the back into a small square cape. The coat is open to the waistline at the front, making plenty —of opportunity for a fancy blouse or vestee. The choker of fur is a separate affair. The choker collar is everywhere present, but is often convertible and is either of fur or fur fabric or of "theTnaterial in the suit. Belts are narrow and may be taken off so that the suit is worn with or without them. Occasionally a suit is shown with two belts, one of the fabric and one of leather. Not all coats are long. There are those of the short ripple variety that seem to be liked best in the dressier suits. Their bodies are semifitted. long and plain with occasional narrow turnedback cuffs for a small pointed flare, and skirts are ankle length and only moderately narrow, the hobble variety never having achieved success among smartly-dressed women.