The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-11
SUMNER EVENING GOWNS
TBE TENDENCY row ARD SIMPLE,
INlSSVNING MODES.
s.lrIish IrOcks with Dutch Necks and skirts
That clear the Ground rallied Charming
Novel Empire Effects -t!Teck sug-
xc,,IOns IN IsOdIces-GiI0N cs and shoes

Novel Empire Effects -tsreck ~ug-
~EestIOns In BOilces-G.I0Nc s and shoes
Summer evening gowns for ordinary &C.
caslons show n tendency toward simple,
u~nassuining modes which satisfy both the
eve and the judgment Simplest Of all are
the charming. girlish frocks with Dutch
nccks and skirts which clear the ground.
these little frocks, which are greatly in
vogue for semi-evening wear. are made OF
French mulls and organizes. of spider silk.
Of crepe and Of radium or hin Oriental
silks. The transparent materials are made
M over a silk or muslin lining, sometimes
Il a contrasting color. and all such gowns
ere more or less lavishly trimmed with lace
insertion.
The necks. either square or round. are
but slightly decollete and the bodices are
drawn into a ribbon girdle or attached TO
the skirt in princess fashion with n band
~ lace. At a certain Fifth avenue shop
these frocks may be bought ready made in
truly lovely designs and materials. For
instance. there is a princess shape in white
null, the bodice and skirt set together with
. band Of valenciennes. Running through
each one is a zigzag design OF valenciennes
Insertion, above which is inset q narrow
wavy band Of pale blue null embroidered
with a delicate vine Of pink roses. The
woke. cut square, 10 Of lace and the bottom
OF the skirt Is made very fluffy by three lace
edged null frills topped by a band Of
valenciennes
Another lovely frock. which is shown in
the centre picture, Is OF palest blu crepe
cunningly fashioned with tiny tucks and
narrow valenciennes insertion. It's special
feature is the bands OF flet edged with
narrow pleatings Of crepe which go twice
around the skirt and finish the sleeves and
the square neck.
Less costly than these two is the pink
French muslin made merely with wide and
narrow tucks and a band Of Cluny around
the neck, sleeves and waist or the organdie
figured with violets and combined with
valenciennes in the shape Of narrow bands
~ insertion. a formed yoke and sleeve s
consisting Of two lace frills.
A degree more formal but no more com-
pIcated are the befrilled gowns Of mousse
line. Indian muslin and spotted gauze with
long or short skirts and with the bebe blouse
II a moderate decolletage. but considerably
lower than the Dutch neck. These gowns
are made with perhaps two lace trimmed
frills about the neck. The short sleeve
formed Of two frills is gathered into a band
formed Of tiny frills OF valenciennes. the
bodice and skirt are pleated or shirred in
at the waist line under a long, slim satin
or ribbon girdle and the edge Of the skirt
may have as many as five lace edged rufies.
This is a typical gown OF the kind, but
they are also trimmed with tiny ruchings
Of satin and they are sometimes made in
picturesque Second Empire style. with
hounces and fchu caught here and there
1911 loxra - Natt;ar IJ,,a rthhon Ind;an
muslin. 80 modest in itself, is conjured into
luxury by being wrought with silver after
the fashion introduced by the Empress
Josephine in her palmy days. An Indian
muslin embroidered with silver thistles and
combined with Alenoon forms an exquisite
evening gown which is beyond the dreams
of ayarioe in every way.
II is we'll 20 note here that though Empire
evening gowns are still seen-and there is
nothing more bewitching on a slim figure
than an Empire effect-there seems 10 be a
decided tendency to lower the waist line
and to introduce the trinity belted long
waist again. One Of the last appearances
of the Empire style is shown in the centre
cut. A picture gown this. in white linon
and finest Irish lace with panels OF gold
embroidered tulle, garniture OF roses and
the bow and floating ends of blue ribbon
attached to the odice
In the trained gowns for formal evening
wear there is to be found a new and beauti-
FIJI manifestation Of the yearning for the
picturesque. This is the suggestion of the
Creek adopted especially in the bodices. the
skirts being merely very clinging and classic
in line.
Crepe and mousseline do sole are the ideal
materials for these modified Greek effects
and one beautiful gown in white mousseline
has the plain circular skirt edged by a deep
Wall of Troy pattern in three rows of tiny
frills. The bodice il merely of the softly
folded mousseline. held in place by a dull
gold girdle. while the flow ing Greek sleeves
leave the arm bare to the shoulder.
Another charming frock with a Greek
suggestion is OF coral crepe. h skirt.
long and clinging, is banded by rows of
ribbon tied in knots in front, the crepe
dropping slightly over the ribbon bands.
The bodice. simply gathered. is drawn in
Al the girdle by three bands of ribbon. while
the sleeves are open entirely at the top of
the arm and fastened at intervals by the
bands Of ribbon.
For those who are going to the seashore.
where tulles and mousselines 80 easily lose
their freshness, il is well TO know that Brus-
seIs net is practically un~crushable. This
material in white is particularly pretty for
girls. with the full skirt trimmed about the
edge in some form Of the Greek key pattern
carried out in ruches of liberty or of the net.
The bodice may rave a bertha with a
smaller copy of the same trimming fast
ened at the bust by two rosettes of lowered