Note: It is hard to imagine today but 100 years ago Chester the only city in Delaware County was the scene of future fashion for women. One just had to go to Market St. and see what the young girls were wearing. The Chester Times in those days covered the latest trends in fashion. GO EAGLES!!!
CHESTER TIMES
September 25, 1922
WOMEN DOFFING SHORTENED SKIRT
Wearers Seem Desirous of Appearing Older Than They Really Are
Although
autumn arrived officially Saturday afternoon at 4:00 o’clock, not one woman on
Market Street noticed it. The eyes of
all were turned not to the incoming season but to the incoming styles.
The
“flapper” has grown up overnight. She
has done something to her sheared tresses so that they now look like a big
girl’s and she has lengthened her skirts to the extent that the
ultra-fashionable are not going to be accused of joining the sidewalk-sweeping
forces. If any proof of the demise of
the knee-length dress is wanted by the incredulous let it be recorded here that
the youthful grandmothers have given up wearing short skirts.
The
fall “flapper” doesn’t “flap.” She
lolls. She looks consciously blasé. She has an air of wishing to appear much
older than she really is. Market Street
discovered that yesterday. Not only the
skirts of the majority are of extreme length.
Most of them were neither long nor short.
But
just the same, each and every “Colonel’s lady and Judy O’Grady” was looking to
see just how long were the skirts of her sister. “Look at that skirt!” was the remark most
often heard in passing.
Several
costumes furnished eyefuls, especially so those draped affairs that somehow
resembled in their general effect a statue covered for the summer when the
family goes away. In length they seemed
to show a desire to get into contact with the sidewalk. Panels and points gestured concrete award to
such an extent that the shorter-skirted sisterhood registered signs of envy by
pretending to be amused.
The
warmth of the day didn’t keep the furs at home.
There they were – blonde furs and brunette furs, some red and others
black, many gray and others blue; stoles, chokers, collars and “animal skin”
effects. Many were tossed over the right
shoulder with studied jauntiness. But
many of the larger pieces were carried at half-staff in the crook of the elbow,
as autumn was but autumn in name and the almanac.
In
addition to the furs, others fall wraps made their appearance in large
numbers. Most were capes or coats cut in
such a way that their sleeves were hidden by folds of cloth. Some were so befringed that they displayed a
certain kinship with Carmen’s native land.
Were
there fall hats in the autumn parade? Of
course. But it must be remembered that a
woman puts on her winter bonnet in the latter part of August, so there is
little to tell on that score.
Man played an inconspicuous part in the parade. One was discovered wearing spats, but they were obviously too much work by him last season. Another had on a topcoat and yet a third wore white shoes. But not an off-colored derby could be found.
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