The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-06
y, ElpANOR HOYT BRAlNERD.

t1iELY the manufacturers Of
ribbons must be as gay as their
output nowadays.
Last year tho French milliners
and drcssmakers rallied to the
support Of the ribbon industry and
gave II a tremendous impetus. The
upward movement. has persisted. and
now Indications point 20 lavish use Of
ribbon during the coming spring and
.ummer seasons
The modes lend themselves to RIB |
bon trimmings and accessories, and the
advance models in sheer hummer
rocks show no departure from pre-
vsIing modes radical enough to snufY
ont the popularity Of ribbon. The mar
row ribbon frills and bindings and
Knots and fluttering ends and girdles
are still used, and deeper fiounces,
whole panels. waistcoats. even little
coats. are made OF wider ribbons.
Gorgeous bits OF color are added to
black. white or soft toned frocks
through tho wonderful brocade rib
hons in which color and metal riot, and
though tho wide girdle does not play
50 important Il role AS 1t once did there
are still enough wide girdle models to
provide opportunity for easy introduce
ton OF these wide soft ribbons.
There are numerous cuirass or semi-
lifted wide girdle effects in heavy lace
cr embroidery upon some of the pref
test new frocks in sheer cottons,
l.nons. &C., and the Eirdle effect Is
often accented I'm such arrangement by
the use Of narrow ribbon running
around the lace at some point-top.
high waist line. low waist line or
wherever the ouch seems most efYec-
tive. Sometimes the ribbon runs in
and out through the lace sometimes IL
is merely laid over II. Most often a
narrow picot edge gros grain is chosen;
ou, narrow satin. velvet and gauze
rhbons are liked too. and the picot
edge Is not imperative.
n one exceedingly pretty hin cot
ION frock the girdle ngeme pic
'ured here was introduced. The lace
cuirass was but slightly fitted above
~" full rounced skirt. Around Il at
waist line, slightly high. a narrow blue
ribbon ran. passing through sits in
the lace at tho side fronts and tying
IN "A fiat little bow IN front with fairly
long ends. a second band of the rib
Ron was drawn round the lace a few
inches below the first. but without
low or finish, the effect being that Of
. narrow ribbon wound twice around
III" girdle.
On the fiuted bodiCes ending at the
VAST line, at sides and back, but run
nns down in sharp points in front.
the rather usly fiat line of the bodice
81 often improved Icy drawing a mar
row ribbon around it at "a point above
40 normal waist line and fastening II
With "a knot and osega or single
flower. as in one OF the models
shetclled on the opposite page. on
80 opposite page. too, are good sug-
g. IONS for wide ribbon Sirdles. giving
Il splash OF brilliant color TO neutral
toned frOcks.
On the new blouses and hodices mar
row ribbon Is very likely to be In
troduced somewhere about the collar.
The high close fitting collar often has
T. narrow band OF black moire or picot
edged Gros grain drawn around II al
most at It's top and tied IN n tiny bow
a. front. back or sides. or run through
i!.t!e slide or buckle.
Collars high n turnover at back
end sides but open in front may have
a ribbon passing under the turnover
and across the bare throat. helping TO
void the collar in place and often maxi
!ng the open front more becoming than
II would be otherwise. The bow may
10 in front or back m may be merely
p 'ttle fiat puny affair or a perky
lttie n or nay have long narrow
ends falling over the bodice.
This idea Of the long ends is being
exploited in connection with very
charming new necklets Of narrow rib
ton TO be worn with open necked
gowns quite unassociated with any
collar. We have had the plain mar
rrH reck ribbon with us whenever ar
era Il q~uaintness or a sporadic case
Of auaintness was in question, bu,