The sun., 1913-11-09
COTt1URNES WORN OVER BARE FEET
LATEST FASHION IN EVENING SHOES1
Classic Attire of an Actress Introduced
Into Paris Drawing Roons-,.Pan-
1iers Reappearing on the Wave of
Persian Designs Sweeping Over the
M.Orld of Dress

clothes are loose and yet clinging, as the
draperies Of the Venus de Milo.
Naturally all this makes great demands
upon the female form and upon the
manner in which this form is carried.
"Floppy' is the only word which descri ribes
the appearance of the modern woman
of fashion. Nevertheless she is a thing
OF real beauty when h,r type agrees
with her gowns
slender women can and do look eN-
qusite in little unlined kimono corsages
made of crepe de chine or Oriental satin
-corsages which are fashioned like a
child's pinafore and confined at the
waist by a narrow band of elastic run
into the material itself. It seems
very primitive style of dress. but in real
ity 1t is complicated beyond words.
Fragile material is posed upon fragile
material: laces and chifrons are laden
with costly embroidcrics frnge- are
placed at unexpected places Every
thing is supple and dainty. In a sense
everything is without special form. but
the ensemble is delicious when a charm
ing and clever woman is concerned
All the shoes Of the present season
except those intended for early morn
ing wear have eXaggeratedly high heels
The Cuban heel. which few months
ago Vas ubiquitous. is rarely seen unless
on shoes intended for "le footing" or for
some special sport For afternoon and
evening wear the highest possible Louis
Nv. heels are invariably orn. and these
are made of slender glove kid or patent
leather and richly embroidered in beads
and facets of steel or dull gold
! II Is not now Considered correct to
wear diamond studded heels. though
these are very smart and attractive;
op the other hand the heels Of some of
the new shoes are inset with facets Of
cut steel or jet and trimmed with seed
pearls or olivines.
| The very latest evening shoe IL the
cothurne worn over bare feet. This
is a start ling fashion. but when seen in
conjunction with classic draperies it is
exceedingly attractive. The cothurnes
are laced with black MORE ribbons or
! with ribbons which match the costume
They were introduced BY IA very beau
tiful actress who has remarkably white.
small feet and who makes Il specially
of classic robes in the evening
All last season she wore the cothurnes
| have described whenever she adopte,:
Greek drdperies in the evening. and tn.
innovation was universally admired
Now it threatens to become a genera lly
accepted fashion. and tremble for tn,
results. II is not every woman who
can appear in bare feet with credit to
herself And this fashion might so easily
be made ridiculous if not actually often
sive.
think | mentioned the new ieopa ri
skin shoes in one of my recent articles
These are really charming when bordcrel
with black glove kid and finished of Will
black heels and diamond buckles
have seen these shoes worn in con Juno
tion wi, h black satin dinner dress which
was draped up in front and had a narrow
pointed train.
The draped skirt was entirely mad.
OF supple black satin. but the corsags
was done in several shades of chiffon
each tint recalling the tones of the leop
ard skin on the shoes -tawny yellow
deep orange. black and a sort of dul
beige. There was "a deep sash of blacl
watered ribbon. and this sash was finished
on with splendid diamond and topa;
buckle. II was an exceedingly origna
costume and attracted general attention
and admiration at the official reception
for which it had been created.
For wearing with restaurant dresse
very smart shoes are being made in "tef,
de negre" moire. They have short
rounded toes and immensely high heel
and are fastened by II single strap across
he instep and finished of at one side b,
Il diamond buckle.
Another very smart afternoon shoe i
that made of navy blue waterei sill
and glove kid in the same shade Thu
heels are sometimes covered with deer
crimson leather and a smart little bov
of the same appears on the low front
diamond button finishing it of in tn,
r centre.