New Britain herald., 1916-06-10

thrown away twenty-one before &C., complaining the right set to the twen- ty-seCond There are collars that are copied from the Spanish portraits. These are made of plaited lace and wired to re- main in an almost impossible attitude. Everything seems to be advocated in the way Of neckwear except what we are wearing. The high, straight pos tllion has had its day evidently, but the exaggerated Robespierre collar With triple revers has come back for coats and blouses.
 There are huge cape collars made in triple tiers of colored taffeta to be worn with thin frocks, and there are | complicated collars of white organdie trimmed with straw or grass in col- l ored designs to be worn with silk coat suits
 Smart Paris shops have brought out vast variety of chemisettes with at- tached collars made in taffeta, satin ana muslin and in attractive colors. year ago one of the French designerS~ | brought out this fashion of satin vests with collars attached, fastened down the front with separate row of small, 1ancy buttons as an adjunct to dark blue frocks that were built to look like coat suits. One of the most attractive of these was of dark blue serge, with chemisette and a high, straight, far ing collar of asphalt satin. The edges were finished with a tiny cable cord of the material and small buttons oi carved, smoked pearl
 The taffeta used in these new vestees is very soft and therefore 1t fits in with all of the spring fabrics. It is used in these little accessories in rose pink deep mauve, mint green and broad di- rectoire stripes.
 Another spring novelty that promises to be most popular is the Russian blouse put up in exquisite, ornate ma terials. Some of these latest fads slip over the head. and others fasten with a variety of pretty buttons and frogs Georgette crape, chiffon and silver or gold brocades are used for these charming blouses. A popular model is of white georgette crape trimmed with ball satin buttons and a pale pink crushed girdle of taffeta ribbon. The peplum and bottom of the bodice are beautifully embroidered in white floss.
 Extremely pretty net frocks, em- broidered and lace trimmed, are among the new spring models, as they always are, for the net frock is a useful and safe filler" for any wardrobe and can be worn the year round for some pur- poses. A high necked model with. a deep cape of the net covering the bod! ice from a shallow shirred and corded yoke to the top of a wide girdle o1 gorgeous brocade ribbon is new and has evidently interested many buyers, but, though the high necked bodice and blouse are still insistent and will prob ably be very modish throughout tho spring, high necked arrangements never succeed to any great extent in q summer season. American women, though still ready to adopt freakish fashions, do insist upon comfort more than they did in former years, and 6 mode thoroughly uncomfortable is not likely to make any wide appeal,
 One of the smartest one piece frocks designed for early spring wear is of white chiffon broadcloth. The bodied is severely plain with high directoirG collar bound with white silk braid and fastened snugly about the neck with two white pearl buttons The sleeves are cut in one with the bodice and are bell shaped, f1aring wide below the el, bows.
 Gorgeous bits of color are added to black, white or soft toned frocks through the wonderful brocade ribbons in which color and metal riot, and though the wide girdle does not play so important a role as 1t once did there are still enough wide girdle models to prove opportunity for easy introduce tion of these wide soft ribbons.