Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-14
THE NEWSH|RT WAISTS
More Elaborate and Dainty
Than Ever.
MANY SIMPLE STYLES
THE LINEN WEAVES WILL LEAD
IN FAVOR, THOUGH.
Hemstitching, Hand Embroidery and
Tucking Ali Appear on
Late Models
MANY SIMPLE STYLES
Written for The Evening Star.

Written for The Evening Star.
The shirt waist girl Of the coming spring
and summer win have a great number Of
beautiful CONNECTIONS, in all manner of fab
rics, from which to select what will best
become her style of beauty. So elaborate
are the new shirt waists that the name is
scarcely dainty enough for the pretty crea-
tons of swiss, batiste and lace, embroidery
and a wonderful assortment of silks and
linens.
Linen, in a marvellous number of differ
emit weaves, promises to be the most fash
ionable of all shirt waist fabrics for warm
weather. Under the general term of
butcher linen beautiful new weaves are in
troduced. One of these is a heavy basket
weave, and others initiate canvas, crepe
de chine and wolfe in soft effects All
grades and qualities of butcher linen are
color, white, blue and other less fashion
able colors.
A great deal of hand embroidery in large
patterns is seen upon waists of the heavier
qualities of linen while the sheer qualities
are trimmed deliberately with lace Berlin
squares and small tuckS in clusters. Raised
appliques OF heavy lace or. embroidery in
clusters Of fruit or flowers are charmingly
disposed upon the thin white waists
Nothing in this mode of decoration could
be prettier than appliques of butterflies
| THAI are SO put OH as TO look ike real but
terf1ies blown upon the waist by some light
summer breeze.
Spring and summer waists Of sheer quail
ity are trimmed across the tops of the
der effects. The fronts are much trimmed
and fastened with a double fly, having
small pearl buttons on each side, or with
three large pearl buttons in the center The
sleeves usually have lengthwise tucks and
inserting to the waistband, and are very
full below the elbow. Just as many have
circular tucks and lace around the cuffs
above the wristband
The New Names.
The Monte Carlo waist is one Of the fash
ionabls new styles that appears in sheer
and soft materials. 1t has wide pleats
across the front, in bolero style, and is
usually made with a yoke of lace, tucks
and embroidery.
Another stylish waist is the Alice Roose-
welt. which has long shoulder straps ex-
tending over the sleeve in point and form
ing part of an artistic-looking yoke, which is
all one piece. 1t has a sheath sleeve which
opens over a slightly gathered puff, fin
ished with wristband The piping is of
bright plaid and merely shows a cord Of
color.
Probably the smartest of the new styles
Is the Unique waist, with its lovely flower
petal yoke and sleeve cap. Nothing in the
waist line has ever been cut more arts
tically than the long flower petals that
form the yoke and sleeve tops. These
graceful pieces are usually richly embro.d
cred or trimmed in some way. sometimes
with only self-stitched fold
Importers and manufacturers say that for
plain waists pure Irish linen of old-fash
Toned weave will be the leading fabric. In
thin waists point Paraguay and Mexican
lace meGallions viii be very stylish, while
upon silk waists, among which the pongee
and Shikii varieties will be most prominent,
the leading trimming will be embroidered
oriental bands and rich Maltese and Span
ish lace.
Hemstitching will be seen on nearly all
new waists in conjunction with almost
every other trimming. All the stocks are
round and finished with pretty modifica-
lions of the bishops collar Ecru embroid-
cry in blind patterns upon white Is one OF
the newest and prettiest styles. and clusters
of fruit in black and white embroidery upon
colored linen is among the novelties.
Panel effects will be much in vogue and
appear in many pretty ways in summer
waists. One Of the smartest of these is
panel beginning at the belt and widening up
the front and ending in broad triangle.
This Is trimmed on each SIDE of its widest
portion with two or three large pearl but
tons. Another button holds the point Of the
turnover on the stock to the upper point
Of the triangle. This waist is trimmed down
each side of the panel and has shoulder
straps.
Bulgaria furnishes some of the most ele-
CANT styles for spring in rich white and
cream wash fabrics, embroidered heavily
in Bulgarian patterns OF single color or
beautifully mingled hues.
Judged by the styles prepared for them,
the coming spring and summer will be sea-
sons Of much fine needlework. new and
artistic fabrics, charming designs and
general trend toward fine and picturesque
apparel. The shirt waist will blossom with
the flowers Of spring into greater beauty
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