The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-08
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The French Eno, plays an important part
In all oeremoni5us dinner gowns. There is
O way OF making these knots so that they
Will stand out and form q trimming They
give the ehect Of that essential 20 all good
eewrIrg embro derry. and the French knot
dversifeS the surface of some of the hand
soonest OF silks. hrocaded and plain
The brocaded crepe de chimes are Great
ing somewhat OF a sensation The ground
work IS crepe de chine. but the brocaded
figure is in silk and 1t creates an 'atmos-
phere," az the Frcnch artists say, which Is
elegant IN thp e1trcmc
Tho new fabrics, while undenisbly heautl-
fnl are nor necessarily expensive, and, for
little, one can create christmas gown
thar would in former seasons have cost
much more, yer the effect will he quite the
same
For diuner gowns there are the lace re-
sultS, they can he called by no other name
Lace OF not too elegant quality is ap
plqueo with lace tsures, cut boldly our
~ very pretty pieces Of lace, anu around
these lace figures, there are chasingS Of
paSSementerle, or of ribbon, or Of mock
ieVeled braid An towers seem IN some
mysterious way 20 have an ouLllne aud
from the hrocaded silk which has It's bro
cade defined With threads OF silver, 10 The
lace which needs somethinE u no move
than bit Of colored silk underneath 70
bring II out, figures are made prominent.
Dinner Gowns thus elaborated aad made
beautiful with haudiwork become actual
creations and one must he pardoned for
dwelling upon them
The pompadour silks come In for their
share OF praise They are eayly lowered
and some Of the newest ones show the
flowers In tiny sprays that do NOT make
one look so immense as the big bouquets
were prone 90 do.
The little Corn-cOlored backgrounds, with
very small bouquets Of flowers scattered
over them, can he made mp into little din
ner gowns that are positively unriyaled for
daintlncSs Nor is Il the youthful only who
can wear them but upon those who have
arrived at the years of discretion, who have
usually demanded dark Colors they look
We'll for there is something quaint and
picturesque aboia them which recommends
them to ali.
Realism Is coming into gowns. Instead of
seeming 70 wear, we are 70 actually wear.
Buttons that button something trim our
gowns, and buckles that will unbuekle. THIS
is noticed upon the stocks and belts that
were once fastened with an Invisible clasp
underneath, while a dummy buckle orna-
mented the top. Now one must buckle and
pull the goods through, as strap, and
| make Il fast syith u good, sharp Juggling. II
wears ont the material sooner, but there
| Is a DIT look about IL that is very attrac
| tive
In tn. matter OF buttons, even upon din
ner sowaS one n0tlc,S their realism. II
/ there Is 4 button anywhere you can look
for = place that Is to intuition, aud one OF
| the very newest fads for dinner waists
shows wide pointed Teyers that lap over
/ and button. on one side is big button
/ aud on the other q big hutton hole. When
/ yuu wish 20 close the front OF the waists
/ 50 as to hide the vest you double the points
Que over the other and button them.