Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-06
NEW FRENCH GOWNS
EMBROIDERED IN GOLD
BY ANNE RITTENHoUsE.

Special Correspondence. Of The Star.
NEW YORK August 5.-Was it the
presence of so many brass buttons that
inspired the fabric makers to put gold
figures on cloth and suggested to the
style maker the putting of gold en-
broidery on street frocks and suits?
Whatever the inspiration, the interest
ing fact is that we are threatened with
an inundation of metal.
It is difficult to judge for other peo-
pie. but 1t would seem on the face Of
1t that the goldwoven figures on
serge background do not make a ma
terial that deserves popularity; yet
there is a scarcity of new fabrics, and
no one can be a reliable prophet under
such conditions The human desire for
something new has always led masses
Of people into sartorial wrongdoing.
broidery, which is quite a different
thing from metal weaving or stamp
ing, and it looks as though our liking
In this direction will be fully graft
are appearing that have this kind of
ornamentation. 1t is more or less ex-
pensive. according to the nature of the
workmanship.
qualities and narrow widths will also
be returned to fashion through the in
fiux of metal on fabrics, and it will
lend to garment suggestion of
militarism even if it's usage did not
have it's origin at that source.
There Is discreet way of using fine
and narrow gold braid that enhances
garment, but the danger. plainly
perceptible to the initiated. is in its
overabundance A line too wide,
thread too coarse, and the effect is in
stantly vulgarized Will that be our
fate this autumn? viii the tendency
toward metallic effects lead to that
state of dress? Again no answer.
Agnes and Gold Embroidery.
The American women wear a vast
number of frocks that originated with
the house of Agnes in Paris. although
the name is not one with which the
layman is familiar. The great ten
houses stand out so prominently in the
news of the day that the majority of
as with the doings of the socially great
in this country. Yet, Agnes is a much
liked house with the American buy
ers-the best of them-and conse-
broadcast over the states and extensive
ly copied.
A new autumn frock presents several
striking features A combination of
blue chiffon and taffeta is not new, but
always acceptable: yet the sleeves are
interesting because they point the way
to new era in arm coverings and the
| bold embroidery that connects the slen-
! der hip line to the fiaring lower skirt
points the path to a new method OF
orname NATION.
The jacket blouse has a v-shaped
front outlined by an outstanding ruffie
| of white muslin and the lower part Is
! touched with scroll Of gold embroid-
cry. The belt shows those little futed
| peplums that Callot made fashionable
a few seasons ago. which have returned
| 70 frNo fnt
| when we thought they were dead
| The sifinificant part Of this blue frock
! is in the effect of a sleeveless jumper
| that the, cuirass blouse gives. Its arm
holes are waist deep. edged with a
| cord that draws attention to them. and
] the sleeves of different fabric are SO
amazingly voluminous that no one
could fail to look at them Immediately.
II this fashion of sleeveless cuirasses
| is to prevail-and there is every reason
for believing it wi1l-doesn't it open up
| to your mind a manner of using the
| bodies that are not quite in the picture
Of todayf