The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-07-30
Worth Favors the Banded Skirt Japanese Collars
Drape Around the Neck So Beads and Buttons
Used for Trimming White and Colored
Organdie In Combination Sleeves.

silk in the light, it is almost impos-
sible to believe that one sees but a
single color; and by candle-light the
silk is even richer than by day.
The dance frock trimmed with flet
bands is of bisque tinted soiree which
shades to gold in certain lights. The
filet lace is creamy in tone and Is set
into the silk with cordings of feather
bone tubing, which give a very dainty
flare. The drop skirt does not fare
but is shirred in to a three-yard width
over the tubing. Worth Is using
these band trimmings generously for
autumn and no type of trimming is
more graceful for a gathered skirt.
Look closely and you will see that
this skirt is not gathered directly at
the waistline but two inches below,
the full skirt, shirred over a cord,
having tiny heading at the top.
The wide girdle of this frock,
draped softly around the waist and
pulled into trimness by a double twist
of gold-colored velvet ribbon, Is
stayed underneath by fitted founda-
ton carefully featherboned which
gives the waist trimness. The little
bodice is Of cream olored net over
flet lace. the net having a corded
edge and tiny heading. The pulled
sleeve is particularly pretty and
youthful with this style of gown. Tea
roses are tucked in the girdle and
tea roses trim the hat, made Of tucked
cream mousseline.
Worth Uses Band Trimmings.
When Worth deigns to build a
lingerie frock, it is sure to be a mas
terpiece. After a Worth model is
the afternoon dress of organdie;
white, with bands OF pink organdie
set into the skirt with hemstitching.
The hem Is also Of pink organdie and
the sleeves are made like the skirt,
falling loosely to the elbow. Simpli-
city itself Is the surplice bodice with
a deep, draped collar of pink organdie
and the twin loops Of pink picot-
edged grosgrain ribbon with long ends
falling at either side of row of pink
silk buttons give note Of smart
emphasis to the simple costume. This
frock Is in the new ankle length, but
reveals plainly the dainty boots Of
white washable kid which accompany
the tub frock. Properly, with this
pink and white costume, the hat is
touched with black for contrast, vel
vet and velvet ribbon being used on
pink straw.
Handkerchief linen in pink and
white is combined in a very effective
frock for midsummer wear. and
here again. one sees the banded skirt
trimming. There are two deep
flounces. the upper one overlapping
the lower at the knee, and each
f1ounce has two four-inch bands of
pink-at the edge and so near the
edge-band that only half an inch Of
white shows between. The materials
are set together by hemstitching
The bodice falls six inches below the
waistline and Is edged with a band
of pink and pink runs around the
neck and in a long tab down the
front, hemstltched into the white
handkerchief lawn Of the frock. Dig
nifty is given by a tall. haring collar
of white organdie which rises from
the round neck at the back and the
sleeves are deliberately pulled and
banded with pink. with long. tight
cuffs buttoned with pink buttons. The
bodice is shirred at the waistline at
the sides and a pink grosgrain rib
bon runs under the stirring. emerg-