The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-21

thrown away twenty-one before ac- complishing 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 Tn an almost impossible attitude. everything seems to be advocated in the way of neckwear except what we are wearing The high. straight pos- lIllon has had its day evidently but the exaggerated Robespierre collar with triple rexers has come back for coats and blot .s
 There are huge cape collars made Tn triple tiers of coIored taffeta to be worn With thin frocISs, and there are complicated collars of white organdie trimmed with straw or grass in col ored designs to be worn with silk coat suits.
 Smart Paris shops have brought out a vast variety of chemfsettes with at- tached collars made in taffeta.e satin and muslin and in attractive colors. A 1 year ago one of the French desfgners brought out this fashion of satin vests with collars attached, fastened down 1 the front with a separate row of small fancy buttons as an adjunct to dark blue frocks that were built to look Nike 1 coat suits; One of the most attract tive. l Of these was of dark blue sergeDg with a chemisette and a high, straight, liar l ing collar of asphalt satin. The edges were finished with tiny cable cord of the material and small buttons or 1 carved, smoked pearl
 The taffeta used in these new vestees- l is very soft and therefore it fits in with | all of the spring fabrics. It is used iH these little accessories in rose pink | deep mauve, mint green and broad d. 1 rectoire stripes. 70 saHz a
 Another spring novelty that protffses to be most popular is the Russfan blouse put up in exquisite ornate ma teriaIs. Some of these latest fads slip over the head. and others fastenf with a variets' of pretty buttons and frogs Georgette crape. chiffon and silver or gold brocades are used far these charming blouses. A popular model is of white georgettes crape trimmed with 1 ball satin buttons and a pale pink | crushed girdle of taffeta ribbon The pepIun and bottom of the bodice arc l beautifully embroidered in white floss
 Extremely pretty net frocks, ern- broidered and lace trimmed, are among the new spring models, as they always are, for the net frock is a useful and Esafe "f1ller' for any wardrobe and can
 be worn the year round for some pur- 1 poses. @ A high necked model with a fdeep cape of the net covering the bod ice from a shallow shirred and corded | yoke to the top of a wide girdle Of gorgeous brocade ribbon is new and
 has evidently interested many buyers, 1 nut, LnOugn5 Lne nf&n necke0 DoQIce ant
 blouse are still insistent and will prob N ably be very rnodish throughout the I spring, high necked arrangements never succeed to any great extent in a
 summer season. American women,
 though still ready to adopt freakish fashions, do insist upon comfort more
 than they did in former years. and 0 l mode thoroughly uncomfortable is not likely to make any wide appeal
 One of the srnartest one piece 4rocks
 designed for early spring wear is of
 white chiffon broadcIoth. The bodice i is severely plain with a high directoire
 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. haring 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 s so important a role it once did ther0 l are still enough wide girdle models to
 prove opportunity for easy introduc- tion of these wide soft ribbons.