Evening star., 1915-06-29
black broadly striped. a bit of red, and
much yellow and chrome.
New Silhouette Is Old.

New silhouette Is Old.
The English school of the eighteenth
century-Romney, Raeburn. Reynolds
ran largely to white muslin and colored
ribbons. In some Of these portraits there
| is an astonishingly exact similitude of
the existing silhouette in one Of its pres
| ent-day interpretations. The hair is un-
powdered and piled up only little higher
than il is now. There is the white gown,
cut square with ruffie or surplice. the
long. tight sleeves with frill at the
wrist. the ribbon girdle. and the volumi-
nous gathered skirt. touching the ground
all around as some of the newest have
begun to do already.
II there is a hat in the picture 1t is
broad -brimmed affair. scantlly trimmed.
which might be worn today. French Vigee
limousine this minute and cause com
ment. Their ample taffeta cloaks. big
muffs, tight bodices encircled with ribbon
and gathered skirts are all reproduced to-
day. Their wide hats are turned up
sharply with a feather or rose instead
of being left fiat. but already one modste
| has shown this lift of the wide brim as
novelty for the fall.
AS for the gathered all-round skirts,
they are reserved as rule for the less
fragile fabrics The very summary
gowns of handkerchief linen, lawn
and net are confined ruffles. Every
week new versions of the fiounced skirt
appear Often a suggestion of perma-
nence is given to such gowns by the use
of some firmer material with the fiimsy
one For example, the pink lawn in the
sketch is touched with white satin. The
circular rIffles-that it. those which de-
pend for their fullness upon circular cut
rather than upon gathers-are particu
| larly apt to have their edges bound with
silk or satin to accentuate the wavy
line. Many of the latest models of
ITounced skirts give the effect. shown in
the sketch. of using their hounces to
, trim plain skirt. rather than looking
like skirt made up OF flounces Many
of them have circular ruffles. or shaped
! tucks OF silk or satin applied to a thin
| foundation.
/ idea in combinations of shaped tucks
| or bands of fine broadcloth on chiffon
cloth foundations.
Keep Slender Appearance.
| The idea is to keep the bunchiness Of
| ruffles away from the hips. and so pre-
! serve a slender appearance without
pulling in the waist. Many of the
| earlier models of this season were
spoiled in the wearing. Their little
laced bodices. their pointed basques
! with fitted darts. worn with skirts ruff
fled to the waist. were meant only for
the slenderest figures. as their proto-
types were designed for the unnatu-
rally small waists Of other eraS. So
| far very few women have altered the
| natural waist line in which they have
| rejoiced for a few years. so that these
ia shions gave them chunky. too-too.
solid look, which was anything but at
tractive.
There is no objection. however, to
such lines as the illustration shows.
| Here the widening comes well below
the hips. giving them and the waist it
self the benefit of all the trimness they
may possess. The burning question of
the present is. How long shall we con-
tinue to resist the corset makers? ?
| Many of us are talking grandiloquently
| about our independence in this respect
| I'll never pull in my waist again" is
| heard upon all sides in every gathering
| of women to discuss this momentous
question. Talk is cheap, however, but
by their waists in the near future ye
| shall know them.
Copyright. 1915.p