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Literary
November 28, 1906
The Seattle Star
Seattle, King County, Washington
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Cynthia Grey interviews New York-bound milliners and dressmakers returning from Paris, reporting winter fashion trends: women should emulate old paintings like Gainsborough's, with vibrant color combos, contrasting hats, floral and feather trimmings, and veils as ornaments. Dated Nov. 28.
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PARIS
SAYS
THAT
YOU
MUST
LOOK
LIKE
A
PICTURE
THIS
WINTER
THAT IS, OF COURSE, IF YOU ARE A WOMAN - CYNTHIA GREY MEETS RETURNING MILLINERS AND DRESSMAKERS AT NEW YORK AND GETS SOME BEWILDERING FASHION NEWS.
NEW YORK, Nov. 28-Milliners and dressmakers who have been across to Paris to look at the women of that gay city in their gayest winter attire have been dropping off the incoming steamers for a week or two now and scurrying westward to their home towns.
I expected that they would have some interesting news for women readers, and so I came on to New York to interview those I could catch on the fly between steamship landing and depot.
It was the same story with all-- women must be pictures this winter. They must look like pictures; like real old paintings.
Mrs. Louise Sinclair is a milliner who went to Paris for her firm at Omaha, Neb. I caught her at a hotel and at once began asking questions.
"Mrs. Sinclair, what did going to Paris teach you?"
"That the wisest thing for us Americans to do is to assimilate French ideas and Americanize them. The French have wonderful ideas of color combinations, but the Americans have more real style."
"What is the general scheme for this winter's dressing?"
The woman who copies a beautiful old painting in dress and jewels will look about right. The Gainsborough pictures furnish wonderfully fine material.
"What colors will be worn?"
"All colors. For the first time in years yellow is good. Brown promises to be popular in America, but it is not worn in France. It is gone.
"How about hats?
"Hats no longer match the suits. They are of a contrasting color. They are both large and small. The shapes are not particularly new, but the color combination receives every attention.
"What colors are popular?"
"One of the newest is London smoke, Empire green and old rose will be combined. Combinations of colors are the rage. A golden brown is combined with black. A very popular combination is royal blue and black. If I were buying hats I should buy French materials and have the hat trimmed in America. Shades made in France do not clash. The firm that manufactures a hat sends it to the ribbon factories, and ribbons, flowers and all trimmings are dyed to harmonize."
"What kind of trimmings are most used?"
"Flowers, right through the winter; and birds and aigrettes. But the trimmings of all trimmings is feathers. Ostrich feathers are used lavishly and that means that this winter's hats are bound to be expensive. Ostrich feathers are of a number of varieties. There is the willow ostrich. The willow is all the way from eight inches to 15 inches wide. Each barb of the feather has knotted to it another barb. The effect is rich and heavy. They cost all the way from $20 to $200. Then there is the straight or uncurled ostrich feather; the spiral ostrich, whose barbs are twisted into spiral effect; and then there are the beautiful ostrich tips.
"Are veils much worn?"
"A hat needs a veil as much as a picture needs a background. The French women wear nets all over the hair, fine hair nets, just the color of the hair. These they put on over the front hair as well as the back hair. Then they put on the hat and then the veil, which is merely an ornament. The veils are not the color or are shaded into the color of the hat."
SAYS
THAT
YOU
MUST
LOOK
LIKE
A
PICTURE
THIS
WINTER
THAT IS, OF COURSE, IF YOU ARE A WOMAN - CYNTHIA GREY MEETS RETURNING MILLINERS AND DRESSMAKERS AT NEW YORK AND GETS SOME BEWILDERING FASHION NEWS.
NEW YORK, Nov. 28-Milliners and dressmakers who have been across to Paris to look at the women of that gay city in their gayest winter attire have been dropping off the incoming steamers for a week or two now and scurrying westward to their home towns.
I expected that they would have some interesting news for women readers, and so I came on to New York to interview those I could catch on the fly between steamship landing and depot.
It was the same story with all-- women must be pictures this winter. They must look like pictures; like real old paintings.
Mrs. Louise Sinclair is a milliner who went to Paris for her firm at Omaha, Neb. I caught her at a hotel and at once began asking questions.
"Mrs. Sinclair, what did going to Paris teach you?"
"That the wisest thing for us Americans to do is to assimilate French ideas and Americanize them. The French have wonderful ideas of color combinations, but the Americans have more real style."
"What is the general scheme for this winter's dressing?"
The woman who copies a beautiful old painting in dress and jewels will look about right. The Gainsborough pictures furnish wonderfully fine material.
"What colors will be worn?"
"All colors. For the first time in years yellow is good. Brown promises to be popular in America, but it is not worn in France. It is gone.
"How about hats?
"Hats no longer match the suits. They are of a contrasting color. They are both large and small. The shapes are not particularly new, but the color combination receives every attention.
"What colors are popular?"
"One of the newest is London smoke, Empire green and old rose will be combined. Combinations of colors are the rage. A golden brown is combined with black. A very popular combination is royal blue and black. If I were buying hats I should buy French materials and have the hat trimmed in America. Shades made in France do not clash. The firm that manufactures a hat sends it to the ribbon factories, and ribbons, flowers and all trimmings are dyed to harmonize."
"What kind of trimmings are most used?"
"Flowers, right through the winter; and birds and aigrettes. But the trimmings of all trimmings is feathers. Ostrich feathers are used lavishly and that means that this winter's hats are bound to be expensive. Ostrich feathers are of a number of varieties. There is the willow ostrich. The willow is all the way from eight inches to 15 inches wide. Each barb of the feather has knotted to it another barb. The effect is rich and heavy. They cost all the way from $20 to $200. Then there is the straight or uncurled ostrich feather; the spiral ostrich, whose barbs are twisted into spiral effect; and then there are the beautiful ostrich tips.
"Are veils much worn?"
"A hat needs a veil as much as a picture needs a background. The French women wear nets all over the hair, fine hair nets, just the color of the hair. These they put on over the front hair as well as the back hair. Then they put on the hat and then the veil, which is merely an ornament. The veils are not the color or are shaded into the color of the hat."
What sub-type of article is it?
Essay
What themes does it cover?
Social Manners
What keywords are associated?
Paris Fashion
Winter Attire
Color Combinations
Ostrich Feathers
Hats
Veils
Gainsborough Style
What entities or persons were involved?
Cynthia Grey
Literary Details
Title
Paris Says That You Must Look Like A Picture This Winter
Author
Cynthia Grey
Subject
Winter Fashion Trends From Paris
Key Lines
Women Must Be Pictures This Winter. They Must Look Like Pictures; Like Real Old Paintings.
The Woman Who Copies A Beautiful Old Painting In Dress And Jewels Will Look About Right. The Gainsborough Pictures Furnish Wonderfully Fine Material.
Hats No Longer Match The Suits. They Are Of A Contrasting Color.
Flowers, Right Through The Winter; And Birds And Aigrettes. But The Trimmings Of All Trimmings Is Feathers.
A Hat Needs A Veil As Much As A Picture Needs A Background.