Paris Spring and Couture Silhouettes Emphasize Belted Wool and Cape Themes
Fashion notes from New York Herald Tribune describe Paris spring openings with cape ensembles and belted touches dominating silhouettes. The Georgetta and Cyber lines stress jumper looks, full plaits, sheer chiffons, and kinetic straight shapes, while Paul Curet features a velvet tuxedo and bold mannish tailoring with vests and tan tweed coats.
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Pleasing Impression Through Dress Defines Virtue
Advice urges women to cultivate taste and dress well to please friends and the public. It warns against vanity while stressing the duty to look attractive and avoid tasteless garments, arguing beauty reflects virtue and social responsibility.
Black Fashion Confidence From Classic Black Gowns
The article notes black can be elegant or dowdy depending on cut and fabric. It recalls a Southern saying about choosing consistently true black and suggests satin crepe or taffeta options elevate a wardrobe. It argues that smartly styled black remains essential for a woman with fashion sense.
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Elaborate Black and White Headdresses Dazzle at Opera
In Black and White Evening headdresses of bhindeau grow more elaborate. They project massiness despite light weight due to jewel encrustments in red or synthetic stones. A recent opera headdress featured an aureole of alternating black onyx and rhinestones.
Frocks Trimmed With Crystals Steal the Spotlight
Elegant dance frocks feature chiffon in pale colors with crystal beadwork. Designers emphasize restrained artistry and delicate detailing.
Easter Brings New Life as Spring Unfolds
The poem describes the Easter season waking the land from winter with bursting buds, singing brook, and violet blooms. It links spring’s renewal with the Christian truth of rising after death, noting newborn hope filling earth and sky as Eastertime returns. By Katherine Edelman.
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Western Newspaper Union
Originality Marks Cape and Cape Coat Fashions
Designers showcase originality with capes and cape coats using diverse materials. A blue leather model features a cape and crepe accents with a blue white check. An ensemble in heavy crepe blends frock and wrap with tailored sleeves and a circular back cape.
Short Skirts Rise with Subtle Waistline Shift in Spring
Short skirts remain favored with a modest rise in the waistline not exaggerated. Lelong urges adapting fits to individuals while showcasing bloused backs and front waist emphasis. Spring models favor straight sleeves, plaits and cuts replacing godets, with taffeta and chiffon georgette fabrics, Angora jersey in sportswear, and tailored black or navy suits. Rose Matchnen features mauvish pink and light green tones.
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Rose Mathcnen
Hats and Bags Match in Spring Styles
A new spring trend pairs hats and bags in matching color and material. Suede and feather hues appear in a pouch shaped bag with leather trim and quill accents. Two toned leather footwear may accompany the ensemble.
Must Be Seasonable Floral Coats and Evening Flowers
A fashion note says a single flower or bouquet on coats follows seasonal bloom. Spring field flowers suit spring coats, while fur coats need different choices. orchid or camellia tones are best for formal evening wear after dusk.
Straw Crocheted Hats Take Sheer Spring Charm
Novelty pastel straw hats imitate crocheting, part of a playful early spring fashion trend. Artful straws create a textured look, elevating hats with a handmade vibe and bright seasonal color.
Easter Fashion and White House Egg Roll Crowd
The article reviews Easter celebrations including the White House egg roll with children admitted as guests while adults enter only as chaperones. It notes the Marine Band performance and President Coolidge greeting children, plus major fashion parades in Atlantic City and New York shaping upcoming styles and commerce.
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Two Great Reasons for Rejoicing at Easter
The article links Easter with spring and seasonal cycles, noting Easter's derived myth of the Goddess of Light and the close timing with spring. It contrasts Easter joy with Christmas social meanings and mentions children and Easter hare legends.
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Early Easter Revels and Harsh Customs Across Europe
The Kansas City Star describes ancient Easter customs from France Germany and England including handball linked to the sun, Easter fires with pagan origins, and playful rites where women strike husbands and men lift women for a kiss or coin. It notes Easter Monday egg games at the White House lawn.
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Kansas City-Star
Mixed Fruit Gelatin Mold and Home Dish Recipes
A collection of kitchen notes detailing fruit gelatine desserts using canned fruit juice, plus hot potato salad with bacon fat gravy, spareribs with apples and potatoes, parsnip fritters, Bird's Nest pudding, potato dishes, hamburg steak with Brussels sprouts, escalloped cabbage, hot apple dessert, and corn bread.
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Ivory egg gift to the pope described in English lore
An Englishwoman sent the pope an ornate ivory egg lined with white satin. Inside the egg, a golden yolk held a ruby set with diamonds, a lavish Easter gift recalling antique church curios.
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