Evening star., 1916-06-11

say the designers and the observers.
for she forms charming spot on the
conventional background of American
dressing.
The blot on individuality is in those
who take it up. These. very often. are
unconventional, artistic people. VINO
have wonderful ideas about pictures
but none about clothes.
| 1t is always curious thing to the
| Philistine that many of the people VINO
know so much about coloring in canvas
and line in sculpture can present suCh
an inharmonious aspect to fashlona PIE
society. In striving after lndlylahas. tt
| ity they lose all the allure of clothes
and, in studying both species In
microscopic way for several years, the
| writer has come to the conclusion that
the only people who succeed in dress
| ing in an individual and picturesque
| manner are those who are entirely
familiar. at first hand. with purely
fashion a BILE dressing.
| Despite all the rumors that skirts
| would grow longer, and against all the
objections urged by dignified women
| skirts are still SO short that the manu-
facturers of shoes have covered the
continent with an output that is 80
varied, extravagant. SO colorfui. that
the days of the fifteenth century are
suggested.
| Regardless of the weather and any
| inconvenience that may be caused py
| the fashion, the high laced boot has
embarked upon another social season.
These are made of thin. light kid, with
or without stitching on the Vamps ana
heels and always laced in front. me
side and back lacings are considered
worse than ordinary. although the
bootmakers continue to put 1t out
| There are many fashions in this
world that women should not aoopt,
and certain types of shoes are among
| them No argument along this line.
based on the introduction of the blue.
| green and maroon boots. availed last
autumn To the amaZement OF the
| better class of Americans who were
| these gaudy vulgarities were adopted
| by hundreds of women. After them
came the amazing popularity OF the me
| high white shoe which was worn all
| winter with dark suits
| This was a caprice in which none but
| the rich could indulge and in which
none of the rich did indulge. White
| spats were the rivals of white shoes,
| but they were more economical. as
they did not come directly in contact
with the mud and ice of city streets.
| Because of the popularity of the
white shoes in the winter those for
| summer are fashioned in the same
manner for sports use Tennis shoes
reach ten inches from the ground and
are made of canvas and many kinds
| of soft. undressed kid which are band
ed with black leather: and another kind
| Is of the palest cream banded with
| brown leather.
Although the strappings of dark kid
make the foot look smaller and give
more style to white shoe. the objec-
| of c1o
| ing IL is hard to keep the white paste
| of the black or brown leather, and
! it takes skill and patience to get it
| right.
| There is very little return to the
| popularity of the hat-heeled. mannish
pump with the bow across the vamp
| II NAV. however become popular later
| in the summer. for there is strong
| tendency on the part of fashionable
women to adopt fat-heeled shoes for
morning and country use.
Since February smart women have
beeu seen on the street wearing fiat
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