Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-22
ABOUT GLOVES.

E'Aon1ON ana war conservation go
hand in hand concerning the use
OF leather to cover our extremi-
'es, and warm weather aids in the
abandonment OF gloves.
one point of established fashion in
England is the deep decolletage and
the almost bare arm from shoulder to
hnger tips. This has never been
Paris fashion. 1t was copied from
England during tho last century,
when 1t was very smart In Paris to
20 everything as the English did it.
The mass of French people never
bought of following court costumes
n their personal and social life,
whereas the English people followed
hem throughout their entire social
schedule. And yet, strange to say. IL
vas the French nation that abandoned
ne long evening glove before Eng.
furore about 1t because it was an in.
tdental part of their life. They had
never really attached much impor-
lance to evening gloves. Being defi-
t 1,eeiy a artistic nation. they realised
long stretch Of easily soiled leather
over bare flesh when the neck was un.
covered. They also realized. being an
Jewels and we'll manicured nails. was
far lovelier than the hand encased in
Why London abandoned gloves, no
one knows, but her smart set did *
with thoroughness and determination.
Ihe court had no part in this innova-
tton. 1t Is not possible for queens to
De ARTISTIC. II one judges by the CO.'S
tumery Of those who exist,
The Importance Of tho situation was
that az smart Paris and London went
Witnout gloves In the evening. 1Ae
nhn,'t ,hs raise, raised great hubbub
they received broadside of argument
anu lnvective from those who had
gloves to sell.
As the years have gone on, It would
seem that there IL about an equal
division among fashionable people.
with turning of all the smart set
against gloves. There came about 8
nm when women went to dinner par.
yes with uncovered arms and their
gloves dangling in the left hand: then
me gloves were left at home; and now
one can go to hundred dinner parties
~ sne season without seeing a pair
Except among the older womc on. and
conservative ones at that, one hasn't
seen gloves worn Mt dance for flvo
years SS rav. the younger set never think
nave Irwer long gloves In their ward
social history.
So much for the fashion. Now
II the total abandonment Of evening
gloves comes ..bout this season II viii
&c through the scarcity or leather and
th r. existing high price OF long gloves.
prophesied. There are always those
who will find the pricc for certain al
Iesed Injuries. and there are alwaya
conventional women who feel that UNI
covered t-,,S
leeiinE. when there liz no attempt to
cover the bust and the shoulders!
however. the truth OF 1t is that ono
need not have pair OF evening
money into that trific. One may dance:
arms.
Now. as for the street. that IL an
and down the streets OF a city With
uncovered hands. Grant that this In
tradition and an invention; still, it
remains law.
country life gloves are practicai ny
abandoned. except the large. loose
ones that do for sports and motor
driving: Summer h. the time to
and gloves are the first bit OF cover
ing to 70 by the board. When winter
comes the matter OF gloves IL n me-
cessily.. 1t has nothing to do with
convention.
AS for the fashion In street gloves.
there Is an absolute abandonment Of
the nv" fitted whit" glove. 1t was
definitely out OF fashion two years
ago, and there has been noreturn to
it. There arc women who wear II.
but they are those who do not keen
abreast of the times.
The white glove was abandoned
through the inability to keep It clean,
a"d after the great inass OF smartly
dressed women gave 1t up as the
months went on. it look ed as queer as
pompadour or q small waist.
Heavy white gloves are constantly
worn, the loose. stitched, washable
kind which can no made clean over
night, but as the war Drogresses
even these are moro or less abandon
ed for loose. colorcd gloves that do
not need to he washed after every
wearing.
Tan and buff remain the fashion,
able cOlors for summer. Heavy black
gloves. as well as nngora wool gloves.
win come in with the autumn,
The French have started to wear
the cuffs OF their gloves unfast oned
and dropped backward over the hand
In the Anglo-Saxon fashion. This w as
adopted from the American women
who have been doing war work there,
Padded Coats.
WE have for several months been
expecting that 1hc great designers
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