Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-12
Summer Suggestions
Concerning Dress

Those who have eyes to see with and
minds sufficiently wide awake to re-
tain impressions will have gathered the
fact by this time that founces are once
tagan in vogue. The revival is due to
the efforts of a famous French dress
maker and our best thanks go out to
him as a general benefactor of renewed
elegance.
For six months this great man modiste
has been quietly pursuing the trend.
which he propagated in the face of the
terrible trousers scare, and his gowns for
the coronation were veritable dreams of
grace and beauty. When the flounces are
Of lace. as is frequently the case. they
are just lightly gathered. whereas II wolfe
is used. or ninon. or even foulard, small
fiat well pressed pleats are used A re-
markable gown was of vivid green satin.
with two pleated founces of navy wolfe
de sole. which reached nearly to the
knee. and these met a graceful tunic of
he blue wolfe that seemed to enwrap the
form This wolfe tunic was worked with
fine silk stripe in blue. green and tan,
each of these colors being repeated in
| rotation. while the corsage crossed back
and front over an underbodice of ivory
lace. Although slim in general effect
there was ample room for the movement
Of the feet-in fact. a long stride could be
taken without fear Of being pulled up
short.
A wonderously successful note has been
struck in a little cOatee Of real flet lace,
worn in conjunction with a very souple
taffeta skirt, and this is by no means the
only instance where lace usually asso-
ciated with furniture has crept into mo-
distic realms. There is a singular effec-
tiveness about the extremely coarse point
and gowns. but 1t has, nevertheless. a
strange affinity to furnishings fabrics.
The more closely worked filet. however,
is delightfully."- employed for the above de-
| scribed Coates, and when wearied Of in
that capacity can be turned to some fur
nishing end. such as cushion covers,
nightdress sachets and the like, while the
wide insertions Of the coarse point de
venise may be regarded as a potential
ornament to the back of some beautiful
brocaded couch. These economical ref1ec-
tons will justify the outlay exacted by
| these hand-wrought laces.
| For the trimming of linen suits in solid
colors the ambitious girl has embroid-
| cred bands of the straw colored Russian
| linen in elaborate floral and bright but
| terfly designs, that are repeated on the
| outing hatband trimming. on the parasol
of the same material and on the hand
bag to match, as we'll as for the collar.
cuffs. belt and stole-lke trimmings for
the long coat models. Thus the blue linen
| suit has the trimming embroidered with
| corn flowers The green linen has the
fern or dogwood border. while the lilae
has the pansy border. The white and the
| natural colored linen suits have the same
straw colored borders, though the favor.
lite embroidery here seems to be butter
| flies. either in plain white or In their nat
| ural colors. The effect Is very striking
as no two suits are alike. In some case'
| the hats are made of the Russian liner
embroidered to match the gown and ar.
| made on light wire frames and finished
with big tulle bows OF shade to match
the embroidered flowers. The natura
| linen stocks and broad end ties are alst
| very smart hand embroidered at the end
10 wear with the tailored shirt waist.