The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-13
Soft, Clinging Fabrics Weighted With Fringes
Make Graceful Dinner Gowns Restaurant
Dinner Gowns and Hats Feature Of
THANKSGIVING Preparation.

: nQSS SOlQSn frame against a bdCf-
ground of red velvet and posed IN
tableau effect in a strong lime light
before stepping from the frame to
carpeted stage. Obs and Abs of
rapturous admiration greeted the
lovely Paris creations thus displayed
and the effect of the delicate gowns,
with their diamante and metallic trim
ming, in the strongly concentrated
light, was wonderfully beautiful
Never were such scintillating and
iridescent effects as those shown this
year. Oriental magnifcence is con
trasted with quaint, old fashioned
types in this winters evening fash
ions and the result is striking-for
both styles. Side by side with the
most sophisticated sort of dinner
frock, eoncocted of clinging satin,
slashed up to show silk-clad ankles
draped with chiffon and metal bro
cade. hung with heavy fringe and
trimmed with landings of imitation
jewels, will be an innocent little af-
fair of baby blue satin bordered with
pink chiffon roses and caught up
over a skirt of lace ruffles.
Drecon REEVES the OTd-Style "Lam-
brcquin" Drapery.
An adorable little dinner dance
frock by DrecolI is ready to be pack
ed in a Thanksgiving weekend trunk
which will make the journey to Tux
edo. This frock has a petticoat of
lace flounces, very scantily gathered
over a drop" of pink chiffon. The
Iightness of this skirt may be imag
ined. Above it falls a tunic with
side pieces reaching down as far as
the knees, the center front falling
between hips and knees. This tunic,
of palest blue velvet, is scalloped at
the bottom and edged with silver
fringe and looks much like one of the
Iambrequins which used to be draped
over marble mantle pieces, when the
latter We're considered unsightly. At
the edge of the blue velvet tunic is
a festoon design of appliqued roses
in pink and silver. The bodice is
made of lace like the skirt, crossed
demurely over the bust and held at
the waist under one big pink and sill
yer rose. The sash of this frock=a
folded strip of blue velvet with
fiat pump, bows almost at the nat
ural waistline. In fact many of the
new evening frocks show a tendency
toward a lower waistline and Paquin
has even brought out fitted taffeta
basque set over a tulle skirt But
this is an early whisper of what may
be q coming style.
Another of these innocent lace
hounced dinner dance frocks will be
worn by a pretty second-season girl,
a debutante of last year, at a Thanks
giving dinner party. This frock is
of white net with twelve narrow lace
fiounces on the sl1irt-reaching al
most to the sash line, and every
founce is caught up-the one di-
rectly over the other-with a clus-
ter of small pink satin roses, the three
lower fiounces being caught up to-
gether to show the foot in its pink
silk stocking and satin slipper With
handsome afternoon gowns high but
toned boots of suede, kid and satin
are often worn and are quite as ele-
CANT as slippers; but with the trailing
evening gown and the dancing gown
slippers are considered the only cor
rect type of footwear, and if the cos
tune is very dainty in coloring the
slippers usually match it, unless they
are of gold or silver cloth. These