Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-15
Purple Cloth and Velvet Gown.

for the moment the one-tone effect is
the most popular. Just how long it will
continue to be so is a question. for
with the all black gown, which is extreme
ly fashionable this season, it is almost
essential to have color introduced into
the trimming. Some dressmakers ettan
this by the embroidery. others by the
lbraiding. One of the smarteet black cloth
gowns is trimmed with round braid in
deep cerise: this is on the waist only. and
in quite an elaborate design: on the
sleeves and skirt are lines of fancy black
braid. and, although this does not sound
at all attractive the result is most strik-
ing and unusual. A touch of gold or
silver woven into the plain round braid
is extremely effective and oftens lightens
a too sombre appearance, such as is
produced by the use of all black or one
color. but as has so often been said.
the conservative taste chooses the quite
plain color, trusting to the contrast that
can be given in some other way, as in
the folds of satin or velvet outlining the
yoke or strung in the belt
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| 'Brocaded materials are gaining in fa-
yor, but are not so smart as the plain
fabrics embroidered in large or small
designs, as the case may be. An entire
gown of the softest cloth is elaboratey
embroidered with design of velvet
leaves in exactly the same shade, the
pattern finished most perfectly by APP
plique or the narrOwest of silk cord The
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embroidered material, and it would seem
to be scarcely necessary to spend the
extra money on the hand embroidery
when the results are so similar in the
general appearance, but it is the desire
of all women of the present day who
wish to be thought well gowned to have
as much handwork as possible in their
outfits
There is nothing eccentric or eonspic-
uous in the smarter, newer models of the
gowns that are now being exhibited Of
the sort just described. There is hint
of draped folds rather than the too close
fitting effects that have of late excited
so much comment, and even the most Sc
we're critic could not but admire the lines
of the perfectly simple cloth gown that,
made in style on the princess order, has
enough drapery to do away with the TOO
sharply defined lines of the figure.
Whether made up in plain satin, chiffon
the colors introduced only in the waist
and the dull effect lightened by the white
yoke and sleeves of lace, tucked net or
chiffon. There are embroidered silks,
satins and crepe de Chine that can be
used also for this model to good advan-
tage, and light and dark colOrs are
equally effective.
Embroidered bands are fashionable for
cloth or velvet gowns. and color is intro
duced into them in many different ways
and with satisfactory effect. 1t is inter-
esting to see how touch of green, blue.
cerise or yellow worked into dull mono
tone will tighten it, or how a thread of
gold or silver or sharply contrasting
black will entirely change and transform
model gown that has been unbecoming.
There is certainly no excuse whatever
this season for a woman to be unbecom-
ingly gowned, for with the colored trim
mings and the white yoke almost any
color is possible, as it need not be near
the face