Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-16
NEW FRENCH FEATURES
OF DANCING DRESSES
Add Beauty to the Dennure Frocks-Lone
Sleeves, Slightly Getaway Necks and the
Growing Popularity Of Lace Char
acteristics of Party Gowns.
By Drecoll, 4 Place de r0pera, Paris.

Very demure, to say the least, are the
new party frockS that are made with
long sleeves and with necks that are
only slightly cutaway, albeit they are
strangely fascinating. The model in
the sketch was designed expressly for
Mile. Therese Cernay and worn by her
in "L'Habit Vert now enjoying such
successful run at the Theater des
Varieties.
1t is a charming frock, youthful look
ing and graceful. and illustrative of the
trend toward spring and summer modes
The skirt is straight and of distinctly
tailored aspect, with its fold down the
center and the front decorated with tiny
jeweled buttons. Its color is a deep rich
cream that tones in delightfully."- with the
nasturtium crepe de chine, which makes
up the pannierS. The panniers them
selves are studiously arranged to effect
the barrel silhouette that is called for at
the moment, being mounted with two or
three plaits directly at the side and
draped up the merest trifle where the
plaits are confined by the f1ounces, yet
enough to induce them to stand out and
over bit from the f1ounces
Then the founce, which is of cream
d Alencon, started at the belt line is
drawn away to either side, inclOsing the
panniers, as already suggested, the edges
joining in a seam down the center back
The second flounce follows precisely the
course of the upper one, the plainness Of
the skirt section thereby exposed being
relieved by the decorative buttons on the
skirt
The bodice has the lace for its foun-
dalton. continuing into long, close-fit-
up the back to the elbow, and 1t is
draped with the. crepe de chine. A
tiny ruffling of the lace finishes the
slightly cut-out neck, while plat Of the
lace. with two fan-shaped pieces below
completes the effect. 1t is quite different,
is it not. from the party frocks I have
been sending over to you. and how does
Its simplicity. and particularly its mod
esty. appeal to you?
Lace has been a great deal used this
more extensively. and in more novel
ways. in the spring gowns. This gown
of Mile. Cernay's will serve to give an
idea on this point. In. addition, I must
tell you Of a little frock made for an
other pretty actress who has a reputa-
ton for wearing beautiful and correct
gowns off as well as on the stage.
1t is flower gown, and though in
nowise as simple as the model illus
trated it nevertheless has characters
a battling sort of CONNECTION. There is,
first, a long skirt of opal-tinted char
meuse draped to one side in the wind
ing, swirling fashion which is so popu-
lar just now, and which your American
woman, think, as well as the Parisienne,
adores. The skirt fits smoothly about
the top. hung from a watstline only half
an inch above normal and then over 1t
is draped a width Of chiffon in one of
the more pronounced Of the opal tones
with a deep embroidery border, in which
there Is a marvellous commingling of soft
shades of pinks. greens and red-browns.
The chiffon is caught at one side just
over the hip line, then allowed to drop
to its full width at the opposite side
and back, while from the girdle is sus-
pended a strap composed of opalescent
In kimonO effect, with the border playing
armsides. and a girdle, also of the bor-
either side by distenders and is CORE
spondingly narrow in front and at the
back.
The first impression of this model is
that it is essentially different from the
general tendency of evening gowns, but
regarding it's features separately it is
clearly recognized that it is not either
new or novel. but merely handled with
such extreme skill that the drapery of
the chiffon seems to melt in that of the
skirt, forming, incidentally, a diagonal
line from the right hip to the hem at
the left in front. In back there is the
same graceful fall Of drapery with the