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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 85, 5 January 1920, Page 6

What has happened to old Dame Fashion? writes a Paris cnrresjiondcnt. Has she had l.er head turned like other old dames? This is a finery that must remain unanswered. But. the fact remains Hint "tilings are, not what they seem" The women aro cutting their hair short; Hie men arc covering (heir forehead with romantic locks! What has become nf the remarkably beautiful hair of f,o many Parisiennes? Has il been sold to the women of Brittany, to those whoso ancestor.! were forced to send theirs to the ladies of the Court-? Who is i-uving women's hair, sinco in Paris fashion will have none of it? Another peculiarity of the moment is in footgear. Women arc wearing high boots, men are wearing shoes. Biittoni>l boots for him who aspires to be "in l.h« movement" are an abomination, and, no cording lo those competent to judge, an undeniable sisn of a newly-rich. Is there a compound word more repugnant lo the man nr woman who is neivlvneor? Then there is tho night alHr'-. Who would ever have imagined that Frenchwomen would discard the linens and laces that have been the accepted raiment for women of all degrees l-jr centuries in favour nf Ihe pyjama? The fashionable Parisian, on the other luiml. is ordering Hie long linen shirt's dear *.u our great grandfathers! We also so- a change at the neck in lioth sexes. W.men aro adopting tho soft turn-over lr'id. collar, while Iheir brothers aro opining theirs at the, throat something after the manner of tho blouses worn during tho summer.