Evening journal., 1911-11-18
OLD TIME PICTURES GIVE IDEAS FOR DRESS
Gowns That Hook In the
Back Give Place 10
More Sensible
Fashion
JUTE, A NEW
LACE MATERIAL

the new dresses mother and the girls
have had built along the same lines as
last years fashions!
Another good thing all this study of
the old pictures has brought about is
the grace of line eventuating in the
one-piece dress and the dress which
fastens in front The absolute unani-
nifty of the makers and wearers OF
dresses for the last few years on the
subject of hooking in the back is un-
dergoing a change and women are once
more 20 know the comfort of dressing
themselves without calling in the aid
of a long suffering husband dn the abb
sence of maid when getting into OF
out of fashionable blouse. The cher
ished shirt waist may even suffer
eclipse in the new found pleasure in
the one-piece dress, and the dress but
toned down the front. Who wants to
stop for cuff links or adjust collar, tie
and belt, when that other fascinating
dress hangs ready at hand to be don
ned In a minute?
A charming example of the reay-
to-wear one-piece dress is illustrated
in Fig. One IL hasn't the slightest ap-
pearance, as you see. of house dress
! or morning dress Made of black vel
vet, with yoke and sleeves of real Irish
| lace, it is a handsome gown, suitable
| for any occasion. The narrow black
velvet ribbon with which the tucks in
the lace yoke are edged show the pos
sibilities of trimmings. Many other
combinations of materials and colors
will occur TO the woman of taste and
artistic sense.
AS for the dresses which fasten in
front, are they not a 10y forever
And being that, they must be things
of beauty" Designers and pattern
makers are expending thought and
skill on these dresses for the reaction
against the long tyranny OF the gown
| which hooks in the back is creating
a large demand for those made in the
new fashion Some of them are but
toned all the way down in front, many
of them have very Ornamental posi-
tion of the trimming on the front, anC
all of them are very chic and up tC
date. An appropriate trimming fol
these dresses is the old fashioned
putting which is having a great re
vival this fall. This is put on il
bands, on skirts. waist and sleeves
| and, with the addition of fringe, is q
startling return to a very old fash
ion. Some of the gowns look like
the pictures of those worn by tht
grandes danes Of the period of 1912
Yelled effects continue popular, one
reason being the possibility offered by
them for the necessary color combina
tions, and few of the dressing gowns
but have yoke and sleeves of chiffor
or chiffon cloth over a contrasting
material The strong fancy for me
tallic materials has produced th'
gown with yoke of gold or silver LACE
yelled with chiffon of the same colo
b as the main material, and some o
these are wonderfully beautiful. Few
handsome gowns are seen now yith
e out a bit of lace introduced some
b twhere in the construction, for alon
D with the other revivals, the renewe
?, interest in lace making is a fac
which will be of notable interest {
s future historians of the period il
D which we are now living. The effort
s of Lady Henry Somerset to intrOduc
, lace making into Great Britain start
C ed this revival and the recent deere
S of Queen Mary that English and lrisl
s laces must be worn at the corona