Columbia University Teachers College - Tower Yearbook (New York, NY)

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is it exaggerated to state that allthe costumes shown were reason- ableg naturally they were not pre-war prices, but they were quite a revelation in showing what can be purchased if only we go to the right places with the right idea. 1 Indeed we all feel very grateful to McCreery, LordI8z Taylor, and Stern's for their courtesy in making possible the Fashion Show. There were some good laughs in the show. The caricatures were entirely too life-like not to be readily recognized, being clev- erly planned as well as skillfully executed. Indeed, As Is will probably go down toposterity as the term applied to the costume which lacks much in neatnessg moreover we'll know 'just what is meant when some oneugreets us with, I-Iello, As Is. A I , 1 There were lots of lessons taught that day, or better there were lots of lessons learnedg for while some said, How adorable the titian-haired girllooks in tan and brown, others thought how wise it was to select coolgreen for the maiden fair and pale yellow for the damsel dark, rather than vice versa. Indeed it 'was easy to see that good taste hadlbeen the keynote of the entire showg that it had predominated in the selectionof the costumes in regard to material, color, style and appropriateness. We feel that in the conception of the Fashion Show, 1920 has started something realy we can only hope that 1921 will continue the good work? f I Q ji 225' im Q: J 1' X 1915 '97,'L 191: ipaq . -we mlm PRESioENT5. 80gs

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The Fashion Show By AN OUTSIDER Lives there the woman who never to herself hath said, Well, it may be practical but it's not attractive ? If so, she was not at the Teachers College Spring Fashion Show, for the audience at this event fairly buzzed with the excitement and interest which clothes always inspire in the thoroughly feminine. On March 9th, the Senior Class of Teachers College presented for the benefit of the student body a Spring Fashion Show. In a brief introductory talk, Miss Elizabeth Carrison, president of the class, explained the purpose of the exhibit-an exhibit which did not try to make ugly clothes seem attractive, but which proved that attractive clothes could be practical, and could be obtained at rea- sonable prices. Miss Carrison was far too tactful to infer that we really needed to have good taste in dressing pointed out to us, still there wasn't one of us who couldn't have learned something from the show, and the crowded auditorium proved the genuine interest the girls felt. Here was a talk on those time-honored subjects, Practicality, Economy, and Good Tasteg but what drove the lesson home was the attractive reality with which the talks were exem- plified. Three of New York's best stores furnished the eighteen cos- tumes which were gracefully modelled by members of the Senior class. Suits, house dresses, afternoon frocks and evening gowns and sport wear were all displayed, and displayed to good advan- tage, for after we saw the girls prancing about in their gay regalia, we understood why they called it a show. Of course, we realized that the girls were pretty to start with, and the footlights added to the effect, but the real feature that stood out in our minds was the simplicity and correctness of the clothesg the fact that the dresses didn't have to be twelve inches from the ground in order to be stylish, and that you can get an evening dress that isn't fixy. Nor 79

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