Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-16

which started this story of clothes, and
Irocks to the south. the American
dreSsma kers seem to have found time
to launch third season in clothes
since September.
ways credited entirely to their creative
| ness They may receive inspira ton
! from Paris in gowns that have gone
| before, but they actually build the
| gowns in their own workroomS. The
| reason they are not Interesting to the
| south is tina: the southe-ners now ap-
proach ;heir first chance of wearing
| winte' clothes Whatever cold weather
there is lasts from the first of the year
until Easter.
| Above the Florida line the southern
ers are distinctly amused at the idea
| of tie northerners that perennial sum-
the resorts are filed with people who
, come down with trunks packed with
| muslins and thin silks. whose owners
| must wire back for furs and warm
clothes. Thin frocks are needed in
Palm Beach after January. but in
Georgia and Aiken they are not. In
| North and South Carolina the weather
| is distinctively chilly until the middle
of April. Sport clothes will do for they
include sweaters and rough coats.
AS a rule the southerners do not pay
attention to the new frocks which the
| northerners bring down. but in the
larger summer resorts there has come
about a successful establishment of ex-
hibitions of French and American
clothes the latter part of February.
These are taken seriously. and are &C.
cepted as the best of the spring fash
ions. They are as definite in form and
character as the clothes that are sent
by Paris to the Riviera in February.
They are forerunners OF what will
probably be worn in the spring, and
as such they have Importance.
!; X
All through the winter we have wor-
| SHIPPED at the shrine Of chiffon gowns.
They have proved to be a successful
part of our wardrobe: we have danced
and dfned in them and worn them un-
der warm coats in the street. We have
! found that their wearing qualities are
much better than we thought and
probably because we like them, the
dressmakers will insist upon our wear
ing them in the spring.
| One of the best gowns going south is
pink chiffon trimmed with bands OF
taffeta, with white chiffon collar and
cuffs. This touch should be taken into
consideration, for it is bound to be a
feature of all our clothes. Cheruit and
Jenny have insisted upon this fashion
loF some time, ana Jeanne LanVln mas
| explained it in her Spanish costumes.
Women may find this fabric more eco
| nomical as a substitute for organdy
| for the latter has grave defects added
, to its good looks.
Some of the white chiffon collars are
| in deep sailor shapes, with cuffs that
| extend nearly to the elbows. They are
| hemstitched, but not embroidered
| Cheruit has a trick of using like
collars of white chiffon on gowns OF
| colored chiffon, especially in a COM
bination of white and gray or beige and
white. A black chiffon gown merely
tucked and hemstitched, with collar and
cuffs of white chiffon, is one of the best
com binations of the season.
| Gray chiffon is coming into wide
popularity. 1t will be strongly fea-
| tured. proba bly,. among the early spring
gowns. In elaborate form it is trimmed
with a flicker of silver embroidery, but
often it is made as simple as a serge
and will serve for the same occasions.
There is a new evening frock which
shows a combination of yellow taffeta
and gray chiffon. and the mingling of
these two colors is apt to be taken up
as soon as the new French gowns come
over. 1t has been a long time since