As for the fabrics and colors that will be most in vogue in the coming spring: gabardine, écossais, colored velvet,

satin, tulle, taffeta of wavering colors, and mousseline.

And among the colors: gray beige, fiery blue, ember red, warm brown, orange, jet black, gray shading into smoke, and finally navy, which sometimes takes the place of black on formal occasions.

The color that suits our ladies is the one that does not extinguish the color of the complexion. For the brunette, naturally, the light colors—and the reverse for the blonde...

Nor shall I forget that the young girl has another portion of the fashions, differing greatly from what our ladies wear. Girls' fashions are meant to express that winged emotion that flutters within each of their breasts. So the fashion designers have set about creating dresses that express this emotion: they have multiplied the colors within a single dress, given the bodice a yearning toward something obscure and unknown, and bestowed upon the back an openness which, if it indicates anything, indicates insouciance. Nor has the waist been deprived of their attention: they have made it lower than before.

And in vain does the dressmaker toil at his artistic effort if the other elements of elegance do not conspire with him—from hats to hairdressing to jewels, bracelets, handbags, stock-ings, and shoes. If a woman loses the harmony among these things, she loses much of her elegance and her beauty...