Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-12
SHOW IMPORTED COSTUMES
WOODWARD 4 LOTHROP INAUG-
URATE AUTUMN DISPLAY.
Description Of the New Dresses,
Wraps and Blouses-Some
of the Features.

| Woodward & Lothrop inaugurated this
morning their autumn winter display Of
! imported costumes. dresses, wraps and
blouses, which will continue tomorrow
and Wednesday.
The models are developed in the colors
of the French empire-fame. copper. gold
dahlia red. fuschia, poppy pink, catawba
| etc, and many of them have been cop
led from famous paintings of the Napo-
| leonic regime. The directoire influence
Is still seen In the new gowns-the high
ruches. long sleeves and clinging trains
| but the new and dominant note in the
seasons styles recalls the era when Jo-
sephine ruled the court of France
rustic lattice surrounds the center
of the salon where the costumes are dis
played. and there is an artistic arrange
| ment Of crimson lights and autumn foil
age.
! model of interest. apart from it's
| style value, is the copy Of the gown
| which was awarded the ten-thousand-
dollar prize at the Franco-Anglo exhibit
held in London in August. 1t is devel-
oped in Napoleon rose French crepe over
pink satin of the same tint. The draped
| sleeves, so reminiscent of Josephine, and
the empire waist are trimmed with mech
| lin lace embroidered in silver There is
a draped tunic. and on the corsage is
bouquet Of pink roses made of ribbon.
The model, it is stated, is exhibited ex-
clusively at this store.
Cabot gown of black accordion-plait-
| ed chiffon is defined around. the open
| square Of the waist with old lace bands
wrought with gold, silver and copper
and there Is bodice plastron of real lace
white, and bretelles of black jetted tuIle.
! The empire waist line Is accented with a
bow and streamers of black satin ribbon.
A Worth gown is of old blue velvet
woven In block design on light blue chif-
| fon. band of gold embroidery defines
| the surplice front and back and suggests
| sleeves are of light blue net trimmed with
gold-embroidered bands, and the whole
costume shows glimpses Of the under slip
| OF old gold satin. on which it is built
black chiffon model shows front
bodice decoration of native Bulgarian en-
broidery in rich cOlors. The black net
sleeves are embroidered with gold. and
| there is drapery effect in gold and
| black chiffon.
! fuschia broadcloth gown. for dinner
restaurant or theater wear Is made di-
rectoire. with shirred sleeves and vest
OF smoke marquisette. There are artistic
| lines accepted by old silver buttons. and
| the seams are defined with black.
"A poppy pink embroidered turle is made
over the same shade of MESA line The
bodice Is rich mass of hand-worked
blossoms, and the skirt is decorated with
the same floral scheme in pyramidal de-
| sign. The yoke and front are of white
| Spanish lace.
Broadcloth for Street Wear.
For street wear there is a black broad
| cloth. the seams defined with black braid
The Robespierre revers are hand-embroid-
| cred In old gold and blue. and there is
stock and front tie of black ribbon.
A Josephine gown copied from an old
painting is Of taupe broadcloth. with
t-nk md c1A
| with white lace.
A Dali costume of cream satin panne is
woven especially for the individual gown
| IN pink roses that fall loosely In artistic
regularity over the skirt from the five
| inch band of rose velvet that finishes the
| hem to above the knee line. A directoire
sash of the cream Is ended with opales-
cent ornaments. and there is bodice
plastron of gold and inidescent threads
| In butterfly design.
Wraps, like costumes. show the de-
manded train. One model is Of salmon
| silk velvet. with large buttons of the
| same and frogs Of salmon chenille. It
has flowing Josephine sleeves, lined with
white satin. and there are bands of sable
about the shoulders and fastening ribbons
OF salmon satin that fall in long streamers
down the front.
Another wrap of black cloth, lined with
canard blue satin, has a front and back
trimming of black embroidered chiffon
that shows the under blue. The circular
shape Is so caught up at the sleeve OPEN
ings as to recall the old-time ARABIAN
folds" so popular just after the civil war
The blouses Of the season, to conform
to fashions decree. must match the color
OF the skirt. The display at this store
represents all that is new and correct,
many of the importations coming from
the leading waist designers of France.
The models show many developments in
lace and fancy nets over self-same silks,
and embroidery is the distinctive feature
that makes them superior from an artis-
tic standpoint to the styles of last season.
The necks are high and the sleeves long
and narrow. There are many varieties
of embrOiderfes, many of the newest de-
signs being Of conventional flowers in the
same silk or satin Of which the garment
is formed.