\O/ —i"‘ ". silk and bead embroidery. ap- pliques of white kid. mirrors. white fur, galloon. silk flowers and flowers and fruit made from ostrich. buttons galore, rib- bons. braid. tucking. pleating. patch work. chenille. buckles-—llsard skin and porcupine quills. This is but a part of the list of trimmings of the' season. Trimming counters are piled high with their extravagant and per- fectly useless burden .and. Judging from the activity of the saleswomen in charge. the demand is quite as great as the supply. And yet we have been assured by observers of the fashion that a decided simplicity marked the new frocks of the season. What would be more accurate would be to say that in every col- lection of frocks there are always some that stand out strikingly be- cause of their great simplicity—and that when trimming is used at all it is used with barbaric lavishness. Often a port of a. frock is left severely unadorned while another part will be weighted down with much trimming. A strictly simple oSTRICH. marabou. lace. fringe. little is _. w—w .~-~.mu~u~u..-.muu‘ l.;...uuwu . A . up... . .,,,. l .. mum,- vu- you, ii 2 ii ? .‘ , a, 4min". 75.1.4...“ .JW' if”), 5);». w, cal .44" ‘ arm ~.. ”ML-MWAM-uut w... .c bind edges of simple-line day-time frocks. One frock of white crop. showed an edging of inch-wide navy blue satin ribbon. Ostrich and Marabou. In‘ Paris ,tho ostrich has been running a pretty race with the enormous stork whose plumese gives us marabou. Both sorts of plumage are dyed successfully and are most effective in the new fresh. clear evening tones. instead of selecting this plumage to match the material with which it is used the smartest dressmakers often use it in a. darker tone—ruby against pink. clear orange against yellow. sphI’O‘ dite green against a. paler tone. Sometimes a fringe of very lons’ uncurled or glycerine ostrich fiues is draped in an arbitrary manner across an otherwise severly simple frock. One frock shows this ostrich fringe draped over the left shoulder and from thence down to the op- posite hip. where the two ends are tied and dropped together to trail at the side. A white evening frock shows two flaring fiounces on the skirt edged with full fringe of ruby 1.: .41. pair of ostrich at one hip. A blouse will be made with mannish simplic- ity save for a. row of summons square green glass buttons aero- the front. ‘. ~The Way With Ribbon. !! The new soi't crepe de chins rib- l I: 1 .~ _ . bon makes strong appeal to the 13 woman of discrimination. It has 32' “ been much praised in r‘rance where its lightness and the delicacy of the colors in which it is made. together with the fact that it does not de- -l teriorate when washed. has brought 3% it into favor. American shops are i and it is the choice “0' ”migrations" when a wide :4 ribbon is needed to make bOWs or w? loops to trim soft. light summer ’l frog: narrow crepe det chigeribg ‘ iii deligh by no bon “ hailed rover feel that their babies and little girls ‘sre properly dressed unless they are highly dee- orated with numerousribbon bows . and loops. Here at» last is a ribbon l‘ ' that need not be removed when the ~ ' little frock or bonnet or apron goes to the wash. 1211:;qu choose it rstin li e. toti'lirdigmrib'bo‘u is chosen by many women for scarfs. For evening the ‘ crepe ds chine sort is usually pre- I. I terredbwhils- heavier plaid or I ' striped ribbons are chosen for tailored or sport frocks. asti- ribbon has been used to ‘ "1 women -who below the hips. one at the knees and one at the hem. The ostrich is long and uncurled. The same ostrich edges the scarf which is worn with the gown. LL Butons “and Buesokl Mirrors and Marabou Trim Ctheslo v e ‘\ m Quite frequently the clear-cut silhouette demanded by fashion- ables at the present time discounts the value of lace. Persistent”. however. some of the leaders hers and abroad are using lace and Premet is spoken of in Paris as the_ special champion of this form of ornament which has been called the "most aristocratic of all personal adornment." . Lace ls Successfll. The success of lace at the present time depends much on the discre- tion shown in using it. Worth noting is an evening gown of white satin. sleeveless and left quite plain at neck and nrmholcs. Wide green Short pleated rope trimmed with small battens. Square grown buttons trim white crepe de chine blouse. '3 and pink ostrich. while a double row of gray ostrich edges a mp of silver lame. A straight-dine, tubule? frock of gold and green lame carries as its. sole decoration three dounoea of ostrich-one Just in emerald green. DES may MARSHA a..essse. lace is laid across the front Bust be- low the bust and from theses curves under each arm end then down to the hem of the skirt. ‘ With the announcement that the subject of the costuming of the Grand Prix Ball in Paris this sum- mer would be the Spanish ruled. as shown in the paintings of Goya. Velasquez and their ilk. it became apparent that the interest in lace would not wane. For the seven- teenth and eighteenth century mas- ters of Spanish painting gave prom- inence to lace—as did their sitters. 6-11. Above, collar and cum of block satin coat edged with green linen! skin to match the hot. Porcupine needles trim the [alt hot in smaller circle. At left, dlfiercnt ways -o! using flowers and ribbons for trim- 0 LL- . ._o\’,~..:v.».::,. .r v . -~ Cretonne is used in several inter- esting web’s this summer. There is. for one. the cut-out applied with 801d stitchery. 'Dhat has already been referred to. Then there is the combination of cretonne with thin fabrics. One frock that has at- tracted attention is made of gray cotton voile. with a" deep Yoke of figured cretonne——mauve and rose .on a gray ground. There is also a. yoke of figured cretonne— mauve and rose, on a gray ground. There is also a band on the skirt. which is out With an over sectio -—and it is this over sectio that is deeply banded. or bor ered. with the cretonne. Crstonne and Msrqussette. The effect is most interesting— the heavy. stiff cretonno on the soft. clinging voile. Another frock is of oyster-white marquesette with a. brilliant cre- tonne used for trimming. There are hand: of it. and tiny buttons. cut so that they come in all the colors—green and orange. blue and flame. The character that~makes these Right, flame~mlored ostrich trims flame-colored chifion cape. Glyce— rins ostrich trims evening gown. Flowers and fruits made of ostrich are appliqucd on hats and paints. Below, two scar/s, one of white acorgrttc frimmed with white fur, and the other of green chifi'on, with white kid rings appliqued. p... 4.... _ .q. ...(.«...__. at. rd“. 1 é. clothes especially interesting is that charm that always pertains to the combination of two fabrics. heavy and thin—«the same thing that makes us like fur posed on chiiron. the same thing. perhaps. that makes the proverbial cling- ing vine and sturdy oak so inter- esting. In this case. of course. the sturdy oak seems to depend on the clinging vine. but that doesn't matter. ’ Cretenne is used. of course. to trim the hats that are worn with these frocks. Sometimes the fac- ing, sometimes the trimming band is of cretonne. sometimes how’s are cut out and applied as inn- ming. . _, Wi‘imru‘ mica-n" . .th 1 :0 T”, mm- At the button counters you can i get all sorts of good ideas for trimming. For one thing there are plaid buttons to be used on sport frocks and costs. These range from the tiniest to the larg- est sizes. for costs and frocks and blouses. And there are transparent glass buttons in all . too. some of them with the four holes stained in dinerent colors—red. green. yellow and blue. These buttons with the colored holes should be sewed in place with white thread. If the holes are uncolored, usually colored thread is used for the sewing. Some of the transparent glass buttons have black holes. NextWeek: Summer Sport Clothes oops AND mills OF FASHION \ AVE you noticed that many H of the new straw hats are trimmed with velvet? Big leghorns with velvet bindings around the edge. velvet crowns or velvet trimming bands around the crowns. These hats are exceed- ingly attractive. Sometimes over the velvet crown. lees in the same color is shirred. with the edge falling over the edge of the hat brim. A loose meshed straw bat has a gold buttonhole one, two. three stitch worked as a border around the edge of the brim. The embroid- ery is done in soft gilt 11an about an inch wide. Then the ribbon is used also in several bands around the crown; with bows and ends at one side. Wide shaded ribbons are sold for the trimming of summer frocks. One lovely one shades from rose through salmon to yel- low. then to green. The scar: persists. One striking -kind is made of heavy cream georgette. Each end is dwerated with a square of old Chinese eni- broidery and the edges are all bound in narrow Chinese braid. Another scarf shows each end made up of iifteen blocks of red velvet. appliqued on the enter white of the sad. An interesting peresol is made of whiteteifete in a series of finances. machine scallopod‘m machine embroidered—black on yellow. : There are decorative slowest tabrieiebelssererssmwutoid- baokeufls linsd‘w'ith figuredeilk. weer V 4...». u. m... .. .m.m.~.w.. luvmvm W MW , h . e,
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