Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-02
Fashion S Fancies.

Although summer fashions and summer
toilets prevail all along the Riviera during
the winter season. yet when the fashionable
mondaines go up to Paris for the spring
season there are all sorts of charming nov
elites prepared to greet their eyes, and to
turn their attention froCkwards. no matter
how well stocked the wardrobe may be with
light gowns and still lighter wraps.
Dame Fashion has made such strides even
In the last few weeks In frocks and wraps
and in all the small flxngs and furnishings
that go TO complete the toilet, that the
gowns of even a few short weeks ago are
OF might be-already considered more or
less passe.
But these later developments really
more a capitalization of several fugitive
ideas that have appeared from time to time
I'm the winter gowns than any radically new
departure.
The draped bodice which was introduced
somewhat tentatively last season has taken
20 itself such new and charming conceits
that it may really claim some share Of
recognition among the novelties And this
delightful mode can be SO handled that
there is not a girl too slim nor a matron too
stout to wear It. and that becomingly, too.
OF course. there are certain points in It's
adjustment which will depend entirely
upon the build and the style of its wearer.
The tall and slender girl can have it prac-
tically any way that her caprice may die
tate or her good taste select. For her there
are absolutely no limitations to the draped
lines, and she 1t is who have a half
dozen bodices OF this genre and not have
any two of them even remotely alike.
No Draping for Her.
But her stOuter and more developed sister
must take heed unto her own pecuiarities
of figure and of build when she decides that
her Easter toilet shall show this much
desired draping. She would better eschew
those fascinating bolero-like arrangements,
for they do have a tendency to shorten and
at the same time broaden the figure, and
cling to the long or, better still, the bias
lines of lace or ribbon braid wherewith
the stimulation of combining the fullness of
the drapery is attained The soft and cling
ing fabrics are what should be chosen for
those emtnenty pretty bOdiceS, whether
they are fashioned as a separate corsage to
be worn with almost any skirt whether
they are an integral part of the costume
and made en- suite with the skirt. Those
soft double width Oneseamo crepes de
chine develop eXquisitely in the draped
models. and the fact of their being double
width makes scanning and piecing unneces-
sary. the draped lines being better accom-
plished without seams.
The most obvious of the recent innova-
lions in the realm of fashion is the half or
elbow sleeve. Not that the full-length
sleeve is by any means passe or demode-
far from il. But ii is just that the abbrevi-
ated arm covering is more of novelty, and
therefore, attracts more attention When
one is ordering a new costume one might
just well have it made after the very
latest ideas. and so make its newness and
novelty as distinct as possible.
Shown Many Ways.
And all sorts of toilets have this dainty
arm covering this season. There are fas-
cinating little coats of the Elton or bolero
order that show it; there are dainty blouses
as soft and frily as they can b, made;
there are home and reception frocks of the
soft wOolens. the silk-warp henrettas, the
nuns veilngs and the like which take on
the dressiest air ina ginabe when so fash
toned and even the plain wOOlteX tailor
madeS are not proof against the attractions
of this feature, for the little fancy coats
that accompany the full killed skirts have
cascade of lace mousselne frills, lace
edged, falling from the cuff that is the in
evitable finish.
one point in connection with this bewitch-
Ing style is that the sleeve is not supposed
to be finished to fit-that is, the lining-for.
OF course. it is built upon a lining-is left
quite loose and little featherbone cords are
run I'm to hold it well out from the arm.
And, incidentally. although it is loose at
the elbow. the latest cut makes the armhole
quite a little smaller than before, thus MAX
ing the dress shield necessity. even where
formerly ii was an item that could Just as
wei he omitted.
While are on the subject of sleeves il
is a good opportunity to take heed of some
of the latest vagaTies of Madame La Mode.
for in her spring mood she has laVished a
thousand and one of her Caprices upon the