Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-05
PARIS FASHIONS
-respondence OF The Star.

Special Correspondence OF The Star.
PARIS. December 30, 1906.
Now that the season is in full swing
every day brings with It a host of > o'clock
teas receptions, dinners and evenings at
the theatcr Select little dinners, made up
OF eight or ten guests, are one of the pleas
ATTEST distractions OF tAe hour. We women
can revcl at discretion in dainty and orig
inal toilets of a kind which would not be
permitted at more formal functions. To
be really explicit. it is the fad at these lit
tie dinners to wear tea gowns very much
Parisanized. with long trains. slightly
dccollcJtc necks and long sleeves The
adoption of the long manche is a welcome
Innovation. or, rather. revival Since bridge
and music follow the dinner, gloves are
often not resumed; consequently the long
sleeve has much to recommend it, as 1t
accords perfectly with the renaissance and
empire modes, which seem lastingy pop
ular. Scarfs of lustrous silk or cloudy
moussolne de sole are worn with these
costumes. They are either in strong con-
trast To the tone of the gown, or should
black be the color worn the scarf would
then harmonic with the floral garnlture
The ends are finished with fine tuCks, and
in the hem formed by the bottom tuck are
ingcuiousy inserted little metal weights
u needful preCaution against the onslaughts
of a stray draft or hasty movement on
the part Of the wearer. pretty idea Is to
fasteu the scarf to the back of the corsage
with some dainty motif. jewcled or jetted
as best suits the ensemble. Very often
these sCarfs have a bordering side
of pearls or exquisite embroideries. Wound
around beautiful arm, flung back over
slupiug shoulder swathed yelling
snowy throat. these vaporous tissues drape
themselves with an aluring grace.
a costume touch that is much affected by
the smart Partisan of the moment is
small bunch of artificial flowers worn with
any semdressy frock that has a long V
shaped chemsette on the bodice. Large
posics. such as gardenias. roses and their
kind are not favored, the choice being con-
fined To small blossoms of the very finest
quality. And YOU know how well the French
succeed in making these flowers realistic
and beautiful. Before leaving the subject
of flowers | must tell you about the latest
conCet i'm perfumes. Not only can my lady
have her favorte floral scent, but a clever
manufacturer has placed in each dainty
bottle a perfect flower from which the ex
tract is distilled.
The afternoons at the Palais de Glace
are now very brilliant and delightful. All
the famous Partisan skaters with a goodly
number of Americans, are to be seen Gid
ing backward and forward on the beauti-
fully kept ice and at the tea tables are to
be found groups of women in the lovelest
gowns and the most fascinating furS. The
rage for fur garments trimmed with silk
braid is at its height. All the short-haired
furs are treated in this way, and in many
cases the impression conveyed is that OF
braided coat or bOlero inset with fur rather
than q fur coat trimmed with braid. This
Conccalug of foundation materials with
deliberately applied trimmings is one of the
vagaries Of the present fashions. The ways
in which it is done legion. Branches
of flowers and fanciful strolls are cut from
silk and cloth, couched with cord and en-
broidercd or sequned with semiprecious
stones and appiqued upon such sheer fab
rics as tulle and mousselne de sole with the