"The weather has been warm, even for Paris, and most of our elegants have deserted the city for the seashore, not to return until after the hunting season is over and Winter has set in, except in the Autumn, when the great ladies deign to make special trips incognito for the sake of frocks and firills.
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For this reason almost all the new frocks savor somewhat of this style, and the close-fit-ting long bodice, kilted skirt and draped over-skirt or sash will surely find its firm devotees.
After considering the subject, I have come to the conclusion that the short skirt in princess, jumper and apron style is much more trying to the figure that the short skirt of yore cut in blouse and skirt shape, our natural defects being more easily hidden under the beneficent influence of the loose bodice. Waists, however, are not much in favor, and so that you be straight below the belt at both back and front, and possess no undue protuberance at the bust, you may count yourself fit for Fashion’s best works, and need not, indeed, lace more tightly that complete convenience may suggest.
I saw a remarkably pretty costume the other day on the Isle de Puteau, where French society still finds out-of-door refuge from the all-pervad-ing tourist. The frock, a combination of tow shades of mauve, was completely embroidered in wistaria design, and while the slip was a silk of deeper shade, the muslin dress itself was lighter and made a beautiful effect with the white embroidery. The frock was very simply cut with a moderate waist-line, a quaint fichu of lace, and short sleeves of lace and embroidered muslin.
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During the Summer-time, Paris, like almost every other city, is treated to freakish fashions, not alone because modistes have less to do and more time to indulge in caprices, but because Paris likes to have its little sensation, and the young actress from the Capucin Theatre who stalked about in a pantaloon frock got a goodly amount of advertising , though she failed in every way to create a new fashion, as she had evidently hoped to do. Women will not wear trousers or hideous – looking bifurcated garments while the ateliers are full of exquisite flowing draperies that are not only a thousand times more beautiful, but even far more comfortable that the extraordinary rode de pantalon, which tried to create the sensation of last year’s sheath gown, and couldn’t because of its ugliness."

Paris Modes, September 1909