Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-02
Concerning New Fashions.

AS an alternative for the sweater
for chill days of autumn and for
resort wear is the wide scarf of
brushed angora that is placed
about the shoulders and in a
vestlike arrangement in front, with
a narrow leather belt, to hold
the scarf in about the waist AL
! though the back of the waist is
thus left uncovered, the small of the
back and the shoulders, where one
feels the cold most, are substantially
covered. Often the edge of the scarf
is turned over so as to form a roll,
as it were. to the collar and to the
vestee portion In the front
Beach shawls. which gained consid-
cradle vogue at fashionable resorts
TINS summer. are going to hold their
own and gain good deal more in
Popularity this autumn. They are
made usually of brushed angora and
are ideal for just the needed bit of
extra warmth in the motor or for
porch wear when the wind blows
soft in texture. Black -and-white
combinations are good, but those Of
browns. greens and blues are more
adapted for knockabout wear.
Braid is going to be very much
wartime reason for this, as braid is
something that covereth multitude
of sins and makes quick work of CIV
ing smart and neat finish to all
sorts of tailored frocks, coats and
suits. There is kind of double. fold
ed braid that may easily be applied
to the edge of sleeves. tunics or
skirts. giving them complete finish
with the minimum of work. The home
dressmaker will do well to make use
Of this new vogue for braid.
OF course. braid is not always used
as a labor-saving device, for in many
of the new and smart suits a very
elaborate system of braid trimming
is carried out, often more than one
sort of braid being combined in one
design.
Women. especially American wom-
en-, always take to blue like ducks
to water. So they haven't needed to
be urged to adopt the new blouse
a uniform of the courageous regi-
ment Of French soldiers called by
that name. One finds it combined with
white, tan and gray in new neck
wear. and also in the borders or
other designs of handkerchiefs.
DEVILS Dlu6 WILL De increasingly
popular in fall millinery.
One Of the reasons why batik lin
sgerie and negligeS especially COM
mended themselves to, women whose
dress allowance was ample, and who
liked the interesting and novel, was
because it was of necessity, at first,
slow and 1aborious process necessi-
tating the use of a film of wax placed
over the fabric before the dyeing
process took place. There was an
urgent demand for persons who
could do this batik work, it was the
enough artists who had skill in this
line of handcraft. Now, however,
some one has devised a way of max
ing printed batik that can be turned
out yards a minute by machinery.
The original design from which it is
batik so the reproduced result ought
to be of similar artistic merit. At
any rate, the price is very much more
reasonable, and almost any one who
wants it now can glory in batik
neglige of barbaric coloring.
Accordion pleating Is going to be in
the lists again this autumn for sep
arate skirts. Sometimes the skirts
are so ingeniously designed and cut
that the pleating Is arranged only
on the sides of the skirts. giving in
! this way ample fullness for grace and
ease without robbing from the mar
rowness Of the silhouette that still
prevails in vogue.
Perhaps it is through the influence
OF the Scotch kilties. which have ap-
peared at various times in our Amer
lean cities to remind us that the
kinsmen of Bruce and Wallace are
among our allies, that we have re-
vived our interest in plaids. Per-
haps it is just because bright colors
are in vogue as counteractive
against the grimness of war. or per-
haps it is just time that pfaids re-
turned to vogue-they do period
ically. do they not? At any rate,
some of the most interesting Of the
new separate skirts. are made from
Scotch plaid. and some Of these skirts
are made In pleated designs to carry
out the idea Of the highlander.