The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-03-18
Exquishely Soft Textures Employed for Greek Drapeies Lace
Enormously in Demand : Two Tone Combinations
Possibilities of Last Years Gowns.

of ancient Greece. The reason Is not
far to seek, for the long lines and the
simple draperies affected by the woman
of those days not only become the
woman of modern times, but they per-
nit the use of an almost endless variety
of exquisite fabrics of SO flexible a
weave that they naturally fall into
graceful folds.
rdere Materials Continue to BE
Popular.
Now that marquisette, chiffon cloth,
mousseline de sole, voile and a long list
of exquisite silken fabrics are bordered,
they are more than ever in demand for
evening gowns. Many of these beautl-
fully soft materials come in robe form,
some with bands of two widths for skirt
and bodice respectively, and others with
a length of the border design In all-over
Of which to make the sleeves in case
they are not cut in one with the shout
-ders.
OF course. a great many of the trans
parent and semi-transparent materials
used for evening toilettes have border
ings In classic design, the better to &C
cord with the Greek style of drapery,
but in this respect Dame Fashion claims
a certain amount Of license and instead
of adhering strictly to conventional pat
terms, she is using some most fascinating
borders showing odd combinations of OBJ
longs and ovals in metal effects with
naturally-colored flowers and birds. With
some of these new borderings appear
exceptionally long fringes of heavy silk
matching or contrasting with the tone or
the draperies, and a scheme of decora-
ton which is especially good with a
robe of bordered chiffon or marquisette,
is to use a heavy fringe of gold, silver
or imitation pearl beads, as this treat
ment affords precisely the amount of
weight necessary for drapings which
might otherwise float about in a frivo-
lous manner not at all in accordance
with the Ancient Greeks ideas of what
was dignided in feminine %draperies.
RestfuI Tones of Color Rule.
To select a restful tone of color for
the evening gown is another most impor-
tant detail which occupies the fashionable
woman at this exceedingly busy season
I of the year when the necessity for con-
stantly consulting the dressmaker makes
tremendous inroads upon the time which
should be devoted to entertaining brides
elect and their iances, although why it
is the custom to shower the engaged with
invitations to eat, drink and be merry
has not as yet been satisfactorily ex-
planned.
Nevertheless, the color scheme of an
evening costume is of such vast I'M
portance that hours may be spent-the
sternly practical would doubtless say,
wasted-in trying to decide precisely
which shade of yellow looks best with
pale gray, just how much light blue or
pink may be combined with mauye and
il cinnamon brown tissue is most efec-
tive over silver or gold cloth. One wom-
an who finally persuaded a most unwili-
ing modiste to make for her what proved
to be an artistic looking evening dress of
| pale yellow and blue received so many
compliments on the cleverly blended
tones that conscience finally forced her
to confess that a Sons Of the Revolution
button had furnished the idea.
The 1880 Cloud ON the Horizon.
For many moons there have been vague.
disquieting rumors ahoat anent a revival
of the Renaissance modes. and while
these rumors are not likely to materiaIize
there is far too much talk about 1880