El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-04-11

The little French blouse shops" IN
the side streets of Fifth Avenue
seem almost to crop up overnight.
Every time one cuts through from
the Avenue to Broadway along some
thOroughfare IN the upper Thirties or
lower Forties, behold a new and TN
familiar window appropriately deco
rated IN pale gray and gold, fur
nished with a Towering plant, a rug
and Louis XIV chair and exhibiting
a couple OF eXquisitely dainty and
more or less individual blouses
backed perhaps by an equally pretty
frock or the latest notion IN limp and
clinging pettiCoats. One wonders
how all the exclusive little blouse, and
lingerie shops make a living, and the
inference IS plain, that there are many
women IN New York who prefer to
pick up individual and different
blouses and frocks IN these small and
expensive little shops, rather than to
make selections IN the big depart
ment stores where models may al
ways be duplicated.
In almost every window Of these
exclusive little shops now, IS 4 blouse
OF some soft, fine material, pintuckcd
by hand and made quite simply. Pin
tUCks and quarter-inch tUcks set the
width OF the tucl, apart, are distinct
IS the thing this season, and>a white
chiffon Blouse tucked ali the VIZ
across front and back IS particularly
chic. These blOUscS are made entire
Iy by hand and are as soft and slimp-
sy as gOssamer. They have Innings
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chiffon cloth, and are made in an imi-
latiOn OF tailored mannish waists.
though one could scarcely call a chif-
ion garment-put together by hand
tailored. Similar TO these exclusive
tucked chiffon models are less expen-
sIve blouses of the new cotton crepe
which has a thread in the weave that
gives the suggestion Of tiny tucks
run IN the material A blouse of this
sort, priced mOdestly at seven-hfty,
IS cut on kmono lines, the long
sleeve ending at the wrist in a mar
row turnover cuff. At the neck the
blouse turns back IN four small
points, one at each side Of the cen
ire front and back, each point being
embroidered IN gay. colors and tipped
with a colored tassel. The turned
back cuffs are also embroidered in
color
Balkan Blouses Show a Bright Color
Touch.
The blouse of cotton crepe. wolfe or
some similar, soft, clinging cotton
stuff, with a touch of vivid color. IS
a feature 'of the new season. These
models are called Balkan blouses and
reflect the influence which the pres
ent war in Europe is having on fem
mime costume, for Balkan frocks.
/ blouses and hats are all the rage in
Paris now. At the tidy price of
twelve or thirteen dollars may be
! picked up a veritable bijOu of a Bal
kan blouse, made of French cotton
/ crepe with all edges bound with red
! or green silk braid and a small braid
/ bound breast-poclet embroidered
( gsily to match. A aaring Directoire
I collar, also braid-bOund and groups
} of gay buttons down the front-and
there you are; not much to show for
( your thirteen dollars perhaps in the
way Of fabric and trimming, but be
! hold the chic and the Zine" as the
! def salesperson IN the little blouse
/ shop VIII assure you. Some of these
Balkans have gay Turkish aeckties
of crimson OF purple silk embroi-
/ dered in contrasting hues. These ties
are drawn softly under the rolling
collar and knottcd in four-in-hand
/ style, the long ends passing under
buttonholed slashes in the front of
the blouse and then falling free to the
! wzistline. One of these Balkan
| blouses, made of dotted white cot
ton crepe and bound at the front,
sleeve and collar edges with green
/ silk braid, was noted the other morn
ing at the Ritz. the blouse being worn