Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-28
WOMENS EVENING GOWNS
GkSLIGHT TOILETS GLITTER
AND SPARKLE.
Yellow Silk Ball Dress-Slides
Showing Diamond Rosss-Rose
Pink Tulle Drop Skirts.

From Vogue.
The smart evening gowns are laden with
glitter of gold. silver and sheen Of pearl.
In bead and spangle. CLINT OF gold
and silver laces, braids. threads and many
wrought fancies. as we'll as golden sparkle
of tissues and nets. The elaborate en-
broideries that enter into the decoration
of trailing SIX $ and low bodices are the
chief surfaces used in displaying this
brilliant fair blazonrr. Unless one is
witness Of the effect produced at a private
dance where the ball room in Its golden
renaissance treatment is In close touch
with such luxurious apparel. one misses
the perfect setting of the picture.
Yellow Net and Gold Lace.
Fancy the beauty OF a pale yellow silk
net ball gown, of the finest texture and
made after this fashion. On the bottom of
It's long trailing skirt was a wide band
bordering of double gold mesh net. softly
glistening with every movement of the
wearer. Above this border, came a fine
gold lace entredeux of the Italian order.
six inches wide. which ended In front
at the sides of two perpendicular bands.
that extended from the shoulders to the
foot Of the skirt. These bands had gold
lace foundation, but over wrought with
exquisite white and graz sill, embroidery
in detached segments. supplemented with
heavy gold thread designs. delicately
lar bands were also formed into a ladder
like design on the skirts hipiine. then
crossed by the narrowest bands of sable
0H ginabie. while additional SAL to
gold lace band seen on the bottom Of the
skirt. The mounting of the skirt was
that of a demi-empire. giving a short
wasted front bodice, which also had two
cross bands Of the Italian gold lace that
entered into the fullness of the bodice and
were used for short sleeve trimming as
we'll. A tucker Of English point finished
the decolletage.
Velvet Ribbon Diamond Slide.
parure OF large diamonds was
worn and showed the supreme good taste
exercised even to the wearer's couture,
which consisted Of a black velvet ribbon
run through her blonde hair. There was
group of slides in diamond roses and
circle design. These flower slides are
among the charming jeweled ornaments
made to order that are intended to deco
rate the ribbon fllets In vogue this win,
ter. They have not the absurd effect Of
jeweled tiaras. which never cease to en-
tail on the American wearers we'll de-
served ridicule, but are in a decorative
sense as beautiful and appropriate as
they are in national sense. At.
In nearly all net and tdile evening
gowns, rose-pink tulie enters largely as a
skirt drop or slip. It serves admirably
under blue, mauve, yellow, grays and a
certain crimson net.
Glove-Fitting Skirt Tops.
There seems to be more modification in
dulsed in by gownmakers in executing
giove-ftting skirts than when the same
mode had its sway years ago. While
there are skirts fitted in the extreme OF
the fashion. they are usually worn by
women with faultless figures This re-
striction speaks we'll for the good sense Of
those who refuse to be shown to critical
eyes In an uncomplimentary light. For
tall straightforward young womanhood
clinging skirt drapery in chiffon cloth or
velvet is much seen. the skirt top in
corselet style in the back and with long
tassels swinging In pairs on the skirt
mount. Chiffon high-neck guimpes, with
long tight sleeves, close-tucked crossways
in quarterback tucks, are worm with such
costume. At bridge afternoons they are
among the most admired gowns worn. AS
the bottoms Of the skirts are usually I'M
trimmed they are rather improved. hang
Wraps are too snowy, II the truth must
be told. and all their semi-barbaric dis
play OF embroidery and tinsei soon pals
upon even those who were at first enthu-
siastic with their purchase.
Persian and Plain Velvet.
Some odd mixtures OF pronounced Per-
sian designed velvets, with other plain
solid-colored velvets, turn out extremely
well. They are seen in very pretty even
ing wraps, loose and half long, with moth
ing but stitched finish on the bottom,
but having an over dalmatica effect. II
this portion is OF a steel blue-gray shade
of velvet 1t will be most attractive. The
wraps wide. loose sleeves should be OF
Persian velvet and have deep border in
subdued coiors upon a pale banana foun-
dalton. These sleeves should steal out of
the wide cloak opening OF the blue-gray
velvet. They are to have wrist border
OF silver fox fur and fox fur at the neck
where are two shoulder pieces that meet
In the back OF the Persian velvet and
form a fiat hood hung with three huge
silk tassels, which repeat the Persian
colors. These two shoulder pieces are
carried down the open fronts, ending in
sharp points and weighted also with SIM
liar big tassels. These medium-sze wraps
are far easier to wear and to manage
when leaving or entering a motor or car
riage. AS they are lined with all-white
ermine-or wool and brocade-With chiffon
shirrings down the fronts. they do not
lack warmth. Flowered velvets also take
the place OF the Persians. and so do the
velvets with raised arabesque designs in
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