The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-13
IS KEYNOTE OF FASHION
DISPLAY IN WINDOWS OF SHOPS
Wonderful Creations in Elk
elusive Styles and Gorgeous
Colors Indicate That Spring
Has come-Designers Pay
Tribute to War by Adapting
Military Effects In Smart
Garments.

Beauty is the keynote Of the whole
spring and summer fashion opening.
Beauty in color. beauty in tone, beau
ty in creation and, last but not least,
beauty Of display.
Richmond has never before seen
such gorgeousness and lavishness of
color as is being displayed today and
tomorrow In the millinery, frock and
boot shops. The law OF Dame Fash
ion has rigtdly decreed that predomi~
mating coiors this spring and summer
shall be all that 10 most beautiful.
And this beauty has been interpreted
by the different s,sper-creators of
fashion In the most exquisite bright
yeiiows, orange, red, blue and indeed.
every color OF the rainbow.
The splendor of the spring models
in the different shop windows In won
derful. There Is novelty. too, and the
designers and creators of these styles
have outdone themselves.
Everywhere one sees exclusive mod
els. One of the many gorgeous crea-
lions were seen at Dreyfus and COM
pany. 1t was gown for evening
AFFAIRS, the skirt OF rainbow colors,
the bodice of white satin and cut very
low. The gown Is an exact duplicate,
the buyer said. of the original model
worn by Miss Johnson in her Broad
way success. lover thu Top"
Many Wonderful Creations.
Another beautiful model displayed
in the window last night is mads OF
gun metal net over silver lace, with
lciusters of silver grapes at the bodice.
still another creation that fully caught
the onlooker's breath. was model
OF gold-gauxe. trimmed with gold lace.
It was gorgeous in conception and
the detail OF workmanship. Vying
with 1t In beauty was q gown of black
net with black Jet and nsh scale trim
ming. These wonderful gowns were
displayed In the real flower trimmed
windows which had rose lights thrown
on them. A beautiful black gown was
also seen at the Thalhimer shop win
dow which is a Langdon model THAI
miners also display models in laven-
ders, blues and other bright coiors in
Seorgsttes, some of which are beaded
and others simply made
Consideration La given everyone in
the new spring and summer show
Especially fetching are the spring
coats and bonnets for the little four
and five-year- misses. One coat
seen at Thalhimer's was made of light
blue silk. with a Northumberland
white collar of real Irish crochet lace
hung loose. The little bonnet was OF
the same material as the coat and had
NOSE braid. trimmed with precious
rosebuds and forget me-nots. The lit
tie costume was made for a five-year.
old child. The shades for these coats are
orange. yellow and light green. Gen.
orally they are In light silks. az ever,
effort 10 being made this year to coop
crate with the government in the saw.
ing OF wool. As these coats are gen
orally lined they are just sufficientl,
warm for any unusually cold spring
day
| Sub Debutantcs Remembered.
| The sub-debutante is also being full.
! ly considered and II will be an cas-,
matter to choose her school and col.
| lege frocks. These are shown In the
daintiest of colors and are of a wide
assortment. These misses, Just ap.
preaching womanhood, are frequentl,
hard problem for the anxious moth
err who Ia unable to decide Just What
lis correct for her growing daughter
but charming and quite attractive
models are seen In all the shops, made
of georgettes and silks In sands. rose
blue and other bright cciors. Dance
lfrockz for frat" affairs and charm