New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-16
Black Velvet
Touches of 1t Smarter the
Best of Costumes
and Hats.
TOUCH of black velvet in som


n shape or other is worn with al
most every costume. Many
girls simply wear a black velvet throat
hand which has its own peculiar varia-
tons.
I, began by closely encircling the
throat. Next it took unto itself pen
dan, and before long that ornament
WIS SUSPENDED from three-inch tao'
The tab naturally suggested the long
r. strand. the inch wide velvet ribbon
necklace or soutoir falling to the
whist. which makes chic contrasting
doubls stripe in black against the front
Of the shoulder-wide pleated white
frin on the neck of the simpler sum-
rer trocks.
AID it poses as part of the trimming
Of a pale gray charmeuse gown, the
sray tulle shoulder frilling of which is
repeated in the peplum of its black
velvet -ibbon-belted bodice.
Belts Bow Knotted at Back.
Black velvet touches have been put
y, white lingerie gowns for many sea-
ems. Velvet ribbons recently weight
- the hens of skirts and broad sashes
Ayttered from between the shoulders
~ the back of the sheerest of batistes,
INT this summer the skirts edge must
On unprotected to keep clean as best
If can. And the wide sashes have
been suvUlarted by three-inch broad
velvet ribbon belts bow-knotted at the
hacks of blouses or Of turics IN Eng
Ish embroidery or embroidered net
These loosely folded belts make the
usrrowest of lines at the normal waist,
Int. none the less, they serve to break
? silhouette which for too long a
period has been unbroken.
Not invariably is the girdle bow
tnotted at the back. At times it is
fastened at the left front under vel
vet flower. A girdle thus closed IS the
salient feature Of a white linen morn
ing frock, the sleeveless basque OF
which. worn over a white embroidered
net blouse, IS beIted with black vel
vet ribbcn caught together under an
ms IN self material and of heroic pro-
portions. Just that touch Of rich black
at the waist sets of a frock of the sort
liable to be encountered at any smart
surrner place during a mornings
stroll
Perhsus the hat worn above it viii
Be a soft rolling Panama or one In
black velvet stretched over broad
trimmed, low-cTowned shape m buck
rzr. As the tf1innest of this founda-
ton material is employed the velvet
soulbrero Is as light OF weight and as
comfortable to wear as IS the finest OF
straw WeaveS One of these velvet
covered shapes IS to be worn by a
rstrou Of the Southampton colony
with 1 garden party o. polo costume
In Venisc inscrtion-tTImmed white
sam. It is called a white costume
but nevertheless IT'S black Chantilly
sash is velvet-bordered at the ends and
its white tulle throat ruching IS joined
under a black velvet ribbon oowknot.
A smaller buckram shape, black vel
vet covered, has been purchased to &C
company a blue silk frOck skirt and
bolero, which carry long inverted
points OF Observation-Disclosures velvet.
Gowns with Unexpected Touches.
Several of the most successful mod
els in summer dinner gowns show a
touch of black velvet in a most unex-
pected manner, as no other black is
used in their development. The vel
vet appears to have been added for
the purpose of setting off the paler
shades and the filmy textures of the
materials, and in each instance the re-
suit has been most satisfactory.
On a rose-brocaded white crepe a
very narrow girdle in piece velvet dis
tinctly divides a pannier-draped skirt
from cross-draped bodice of square
decolletage. And on a cerulean blue
gown an exceedingly broad belt sepa-
rates a tulle-veiled charmeuse skirt
from tulle-veiled lace bodice. On a
third dinner gown in maize chiffon
eight-inch broad strands of velvet rib
bon, caught at the bust of the pointed
ceeoiletage, are drawn over the hips
TO the back, loosely knotted, and fall