Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-22
ARE SMOOTH FITTING
THE NEW GIRDLES AND THEIR
VARIATIONS.
Round at Top and Pointed at the
Bottom-Buckle
Effects,

Extract from Dame Fashions latest edict:
Look well to your girdle and the fit
thereof. 1t were better to wear glove that
wrinkles than a girdle which commits the
same offense.''
The belts may be shirred or punched, but
the new high girdles fit snugly as the up
to-date basque. II the cincture is built from
folds or pleats these are laid very fat and
smooth, and some of them are even stitched
on each fold.
Quite frequently the girdle fits smooth and
tight in the back and front, and is shirred
just a trife above the hip on either side.
With silk gowns the girdles are generally
finished with great oblong medallions or
buckle effects, built from the various bits
of trimming and handwork which appear
on the rest of the gown.
For instance, the bodice of a cafe-au-
lait messaline frock has cuffs and yoke of
Alencon lace picked out with shaded orange
and yellow threads, and finished with tiny
bows of orange-colored velvet. Its high
smooth-ftting girdle is finished back and
front with large buckle-shaped medallion,
which from point to point is fully seven
inches in length. The center is an oval of
the lace, and the heart of each flower shows
French knots in shades of yellow and
orange. Around these are set four tiny
ruchlngs. alternating panne velvet and lace.
ihe velvet is in two shades of orange to
With a white silk house dress comes a
perfectly plain, tight-fitting girdle, round
at the top and pointed at the bottom both
IN the back and in the front. The gown has
peculiar rever effect of spangled NET
showing both silvery paillettes and pearl
beads These revers cross in the front and
back just above the waist line, and then
run down diagonally over the girdle, and
are held In place above the lower edge with
silver and pearl cabuchins.
For the To;1or No \. I'LL
The smartest girdle for the tailor
girl Is an English square, such as men wear
for scarfs, only on larger scale. This
is laid on a girdle form in very fat folds.
and the ends in the front are tied ascot
stock built on the same principle. and
the knot at the throat and the knot at the
waist must match exactly. These come
in black, colored and changeable silks.
Girdles for evening gowns show consid-
cradle chiffon and ribbon embroidery For
wear with gown of delicate heliotrope
mousseline there is a girdle in cloth of sill
yer, embroidered. or rather appliqued with
sweet peas in the most delicate shades of
heliotrope.
blue flowers on white ground with silver
frosting, there is another tight-itting girdle
Of cloth of silver with Louis embroidery
in the most delicate pink, blue and sage
green ribbons.
The utmost pains must be taken with
this ribbon-work The French are especially
expert in this line, for Marie Antoinette was
really responsible for its vogue. American
fancy-work shops are teaching it now, and
when finished it must look as fiat and
smooth as heavy satin-stitch.
An important grdle for wear with a
black mousseline is of plain black velvet,
deeply pointed front and back, where are
fastened steel ornaments the full depth
of the girdle in the form of exaggerated
dragon flies. The tail of the fly fits into
the lower point of the girdle. and the top
of the wing outlines the upper edge of the
girdle.