Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-10
SUITS, COSTUMES and WRAPS
UNUSUAL DISPLAY OF READY
To-WEAR APPAREL.
Woodward & Lothrop's Showing in
Spring Designs-Elegance and
Variety the Features.

Woodward & Lothrop's special exhibit
tiOn of womens ready-towear apparel.
now in progress, exceeds, in elegance and
variety. it is claimed, even the stores
standard of past years. The display rep
resents suits, costumes wraps and
blouses. suitable either for local wear Or
for more southern climates, and embodies
the best work of European and American
sartorial artists
Fashion has ordained that the tailored
gown is no longer correct for afternoon
wear, and for that reason costumes are
seen in more lovely materials and designs
than ever before. One of the most elegant
models ever shown in this country, it is
declared is a Worth dinner gown of rip
pie old-gold satin-a new shade, over
which Paris has gone wild The gown
is in one piece, draped in princess effect
and beautifully shirred. 1t is trimmed
with wide bands of self-dyed antique
lace: has rest. back and front, of Irish
crochet lace, combined with pompadour
embroidery. and is lined throughout with
white mervellieux.
The butterfly sleeve is all that remains
of the Japanese robe effect, which was
over popular last season, and the one
piece Grecan princess has superseded the
Jumper
A very lovely model built on these lines
Is Worth gown of pipernelle satin--a
new watermelon green-with yoke of
Irish crochet embroidery in pewter
shades.
In Grecian Effect.
An elegant gown of black panne Grape
made in Grecian effect, is paneled from
shoulder to hem with black filet net,
richly embroidered. There is a sash of
broad black satin ribbon ended with
black knOtted fringe
That separate wraps are to be feature
OF spring and even summer wear is evil
denced by the many lovely effects intro
duced from Paris. A cutaway Jacket of
white nlet is shown over a skirt of vio-
let linen raJah, the skirt of which is
banded with the richly embroidered filet.
These dainty lace coats. as airy as cob
webs. promise to be tremendously popu-
lar with fashions summer girl, as will
also the new princess Grecian. as devel-
oped In hlmy white wash fabrics and lace
An exceedingly attractive model on these
lines is of finest batiste trimmed with
German val lace and button-h hole en-
broidery. The waist is almost entirely of
the lace and embroidery and the skirt
decoration reaches from the scalloped
edge almost to the hip line.
magnificent gown for full dress wear
is Grecian princess of white liberty
satin. trimmed with bands of antique gold
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waist. the high neck of which is of deli
cate gold lace over white satin. The
short pulled sleeves are of cream gauze
Ornamented with gold tassels
Blue. In its many shades. with navy in
the lead. is the color par excellence of
spring. and many street suits retain the
bias fold on the skirt which has been
feature of the winter. The strictly tailor
ed gown is also shown in English worsted
with delicate colored stripes on light
ground.
For More Dressy Wear.
Paquin model, for more dressy
wear, is black wolfe striped with
blue and green ribbon effects. the skirt
laid in many small plaits. The empire
coat of black taffeta has sleeves of the
wolfe, and is strapped with bands of
light blue rajah combined with gold.
The long cream coat no longer reigns
supreme for dressy wear but must give
precedence to equally dressy but newer
wraps in every lovely shade line ele-
giant model is Grecian coat of
lotus green broadcloth showing bishop
sleeves under the new butterfly .iesign: |
the entire wrap banded and paneled
with lotus green antique lace. Another ]