Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-27

three seasons as the waist line.
u Jumping with startling sud
denness from high under the
armpts to below the hips. locating Itself
just below the normal place where it IS
supposed to be, and then creeping just
few inches above normal, that one can
scarcely imagine the old-fashoned sash.
tied about the waist and hanging down
the back in its accustomed way.
II you refuse to believe. however, that
the sash is really coming into it's own
again take look through the fashion
periodicals OF the month, focusing your
\ observation on waist lines, and see how
many straws there are which show the
way the wind blows. In other words, see
the undeniable hints of sashes and sash
draperies. though. to be sure, all the new
sashes do not tie around the waist with
ends hanging down the back. The new
Partisan sash is very wide-nine or ten
inches is not at all an extraordinary
width-and hugs the figure closely being
ldraped in folds, over a well-fitted4 and
Fboned foundation. The upper edge reach
es just under the bust and the lower
edge. touches the ordinary belt line. The
ends may hang at the back or the side.
or even in front; or there may be no ends
at all, a r0sette or a smart chou finish
ing the sash.
one of these high sashes is shown on a
dear little gown made by the Cabot
Soeurs after a model which the Empress
Josephine fancied for everyday use, as
happy relief from the hated formalities
of the rich court costumes on which Ma
poleon insisted for formal occasions. This
little Cabot gown is made OF val. lace
dropped over a petticoat of white satin,
the petticoat being quite short and hang
ing narrow and straight about the limbs.
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narrow. and opens TO show the petticoat
all the way down the front, being con-
| fined below the decolletage by a very
broad, folded sash of palest pink satin,
which reaches from just below the bust
to the waist line. Around the top of this
blink sash goes wreath of tiny pink
rosebuds, and the effect is charmingly
youthful and dainty. The little Cabot
gown is intended for a winter dancing
costume.
Some CT these high sashes, which are
called in Paris "Japonaise. have broad
bows set at the back and look precisely
like the broad obi or sash which the
eeisha girl wears over her gay kimono.
The real obi is softly tied around the
waist. the material being pulled out so
that the obi reaches from waist line clear.
nm 70 the shoulder blades in the back.
and Just beneath the bust In front. The
Japonaise sash, however, is much more
carefully fitted. and is usually draped
over boned lining which hooks al tine
hack under the broad. fiat bow. Little
afternoon frocks OF light wool materials
this winter will be worn with broad
turned down collars, turned-back CUTS
and these wide Japonaise sashes, and the
efyect-iudging from the models already
seen on recent arrivals from ParlS-is
very girlish and attractive.
Bows having long. limp loops are not
seen al all All the bows have short
looms and many are in rosette style. how
ever long the sash ends may be. Rosettes,
bin fact are the dernier cri just now,
and. the frocks at the French races inns
summer abounded i'm satin and velvet TO-
settes sewed at every point Of vantage on
the costume until many of the women
were veritable Pierrettes. Black Veivet
rosettes are particularly fashionable, ana
even tailored coats of MORE and worsted
seen on the Rue de la Paix and other
sbonning avenues OF a morning show
these velvet rosettes on jacket and SKIRT.
some of them seeming to be placed WIN
no attempt at reason-but as tnougn the
nlu,np velvet ornament had been thrown
AZ the garment and. allowed TO remain
where II landed.
4 nretty arrangement of sash and ro-
settles was shown on a little afternoon
frock worn at a piazza bridge party al
Newport one day last week. The frock
was a soft marquisette model In Old blue,
and the black satin sash fell at one side
az the front. Around the waist the sash
was only three inches wide. and there
was a full rosette Of the satin az the LEI.
side Long ends fell from this rosette
and were caught to the skirt below the
Knees with another big rosette. All sash
ends are caught in some way or other TO
the gown or are heavily weighted so that
thew will not noat about. the idea now
being to have the lines OF tne shlrt as
STRAIGHT and narrow as possible.
The maline sash Is another new rad
Tbjs sash is caught high on the left side
of the skirt and slants across the hips
downward to the right knee, where II Is
tied in a crisp bow. which is caught to
the skirt. The soft folds Of the frock
are Thus held in closely to the limbs. Civ
ing the desirable slender silhouette.
evening frocks OF lace and chiffon have
sashes arranged in q hundred delightful
ways. The very young society giri-Just
passing the debutante stage-may wear
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