The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-28
Evening Frocks That Billow or Cling.
Nosegay Needed to Give the
Touch of Color

favor and very beautiful ~pompadour
brocadcs. in which the fluiul design
Is in large separate clusters at rather
wide intervals, are chosen for some of
the most picturesque evening gowns
we toned stripes. polka dots in black
on taffeta of light color. fancy silks
of many descriptions are ON fashions
list, but on the whole the smartcSt
silk frocks are built up Of silks in
one tone effects. usually in cumhina-
ton with matching sheer stuff. such
as tullc, chiffon or indcstructiblc wolfe.
some of these froCks are extremely
wcarablc as well as smart. There is a
little model of Jenny's IN black. for
example. that almost any
might find serviceable and yet il has
originality and charm.
As shown in our sketch of the
model. the bodice is of plain satin. very
simple. but drawn in at the waist line
in "A manner distinctly of the season.
The edges Of this bodice are %scillupcd
and edged by a narrow band of little
jet beads. bound perhaps three ur four
beads wide. The. dcmurc surplico
chcmisette and underslccvcs are Of
white organdy with half inch borders
" III ililN = fll ftnbINllifIN ubllt III q
long. loose. effective ribbon stitch.
SO mnCh for the bodice. The skirt
Is a trii'e more complicated. though
It too has an air of simplicity. The
uuderSkirt. of softeSt satin. is double.
that Is. Is in two shaped %ilounces. each
scalloped and edged 10y jet to match
the bodice. over this j. - two louncc
skirt of black silk run lace. The
lower lace founCe is set on under the
scalloped edge of the upper satin
t%,ouncc. and the upper lace tIounCe
falls free from under the bodice
basque.
The same design could he carried
out in white or color without any
great difficulty. but for the woman
who can wear black the model is par
ticularly good as it is.
Great quantities of jet are being
sold and its brilliancy rcdeoms u black
frock from gloomincss. even when
there is no dash of color. jet T.
| applied even TO white frocks. and
several good imported models have
been shown in which fine tracerN
embroidery in bright let was praCti-
cally the only trimming on the white
%tdffeta. On the brighter dark blues
too Jet IL successfully used.
All white roCks in materials other
! than lingerie stuffS are more numer-
Gus than they have been in many =
season. and w'li,e some are rather
characterless and insipid, others are
extremely good looking. White taffeta
with lace or tullc Is much in evidence.
and good looking little frocks entirely
Of white taifeta. Self-trimmcd and RE-
lieved only by n little chiffon or lace
and perhaps a noseCay of color. are
in some of the imported collections.
That matter If the noscgay. lay tho
way. is well understood 10y the French.
and the color note in "A small bunch of
flowers is often the dot upon the 81"
Of a frOck's caChet. Queer. stiff little
n~osegays some Of them are. one we
remember consisted " an amazingly
natural tubcrose combined with rose
! red camellias as natural. the two held
! together by a knot of vivid Cornf'owcr
blue narrow velvet ribbon. II doesn't
sound attractive. hut one fclt that
nothing else would have hcen q cN-
actly right on the corsagc to which It
was fastened.
Going back to he subject Of the
all white frnck. there are some de-
lectablc models entirely of white crepe
Georgette or chiffon cloth or SILK
wolfe. with narrow folds of satin for
: their only trimming. or with no satin
and only self tucks and frills fur
relief. Full sktrted and simple almost
to the point Of afectation. these are
charming frocks for summer days and
some of them would W sh as satisfac-
torily as hatiste.
One clever all white frock had a fun
skirt OF taffeta over which fell a tunic
Of white silk run lace, much shorter
than the usual tunic Of this season,
stiffened a little 10y wire or cord a.
the sides and SO caught that it loops
out boldly at Gao side. while front
and back fall straight and but slightly
full. The bodice has the neck high
and close at the back, but cut down I'm
front with the line OF dccullctaGo
sluping outward as IT deScends.
There are numerous instances of this