Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-20
THE SELECTION OF FABRICS
AND COMBINING OF COLORS
Gowns Worn by Nine. Caron, French
Actress, illustrate Value of Color Eff
fects-Fashion Pays Careful Atten-
ton to Details of Gowns.
BY DRECOLL, PLACE DE
L'OPERA, PARIS.

DAYTIME and evening gowns alike are
of bewilderingly beautiful materials ana
show all the art and skill of wohdrous
color combinations. Not few OF the
models, like the costume illustrated
which Nine. Caron wears on the stage
involve an unbelievable number OF fao-
RIGS all so cleverly manipulated that the
eve of the observer sees only the artistic
ensemble and never by any chance the
separate sections.
In this Danae gown, for instance, there
is first foundatio nof white satin char
meuSe made plain, and long and cllnSlng,
though of round length. tapcring in the
very newest fashion from the lower hip
line TO the ankles. there 10 flare be-
witchinGly through the medium of a
Sprung" hem. over this falls the tunic,
3 double affair first, of black chiffon
'slashed away in front and mounted. with
a little fullneSs across the sides. none di-
rect1y -in front, and a great deal all the
way across the back, but with the major
part of the gathers pushed toward the
sides, so that the chiffon falls literally
INTO pats. and. second, of Chantilly lace
tnat. always handsome, was never more
IN vogue than it is at this moment.
The bodice is of black chantilly trimmed
with a point of chiffon in front y gold
gallon follows the line of the hilton
In the back the chantiliy comes for
ward a little. but there is no collar The
short sleeves have an inside rUffie Of
rhan;ilIy and the belt is round, closing
with small bunch OF old rose and gold
.oSes.
Not only is lace of all kinds fashion,
able. but it is being used eXtraVagantly
even recklessly-and fer purposes that
would not have been countenanced ten
Years ago, when the smallest piece of
In
Her in the season not much was at
tempted with lace for overdresses We
were ali content with the novelty of using
it in panels. coates, banding, founces
and insets. but within the month some
remarkably lovely and interesting crea-
tions have been evolved. in which all
over laces have figured extensively.
One of these | must describe to YOU.
since il is bound to give an idea of what
meaningful effects lace is being made To
produce. Chantilly again is the lace en-
ployed, this time reversing the order, the
lace being ivory tinted. made up over
skirt of white satin. The skirt is in two
sections, front and back, with the clos
ing at the side. The front breadth is
draped very low. SO low, in fact, that it
seems not much for decoration as to
give the correct dragging effect about the
feet The edge at each side overlaps that
OF the back, and Is finished with a SATIN
covered cording-a hint of tailoring that
is not out of place as it would seem, con-
sCerinS tndt the gown is equally apprO-
pirate for afternoon for evening, with
the introduction of a tunic yoke.
The foundation bodice is likewise in
two sections, the lower one reaching
above the line of the bust and extend
ing uninterruptedly down the center of
the sleeve. and the other. or upper half
making up the rest of the sleeves and
what might be called a yoke although
the neck is cut out sufficiently to an
swer for the evening decolletage. The
chsntilly, OF unusually ornate pat
tern, is draped from the waist in apron
effect with much more fullness at the
sides than at any other point Over
this tunic. hung by one corner at a point
on the waist line directly under the arm
and at each side, is a large square of
chantilly- Each is drawn out through
the center till the corners cross each
other at the edge of the apron tunic in
back and front.
From there the remaining two-auar-
ter sections with their corners, which
are tasseled. are allowed to sweep down
over the skirt. There is narrow edge
IF gold lace about the neck and another
touch of it underneath the edge of the
tunic, with a third at the wrists of the
0ng sleeves. which are partly of lace
nd partly, as already intimated, of the
attn.
If evening gowns launched at the be-
il ming of the season We're a trifie dis
Foointins-and it is generally acknowl-
dyed that they were-they surely have
,cdeemed them selves. for almost every