Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-03
Feathers Are Worn Upside Down and Necklaces Are Worn Back
ward, but There Are Many Elaborate Novelties-New
Kid Cloves and the Question of Stockings,
The Latest Coiffures.
upside down from the usual nstion Of
what q feather ought to do.
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we are desperately conservative when
IL comes to our clothes. Il always
takes the French to show ~ that We
can wear our feathers the other way
up. reverse the slope Of our waist Ane
or the hike of our skirts. And some
how after We have been shown We
always like these innovations. Paris
showed us that we could produce an
effect that would be much talked
about II we changed the place for our
decolletase from the front to the
back. Now she has had another in
spiration. She has decided that there
IL NO reason per se why q woman
should wear her neck chain hanging
down in the front. II q woman's
frock IL lower in the back than in
front. then why not let the chain
hang down in back? Really not such
a daring idea, but one that clearly
required Gallo ingenuity.
Another device that had its Begin
ming in Paris is the use Of ostrich
feathers in unexpected places. We
would have gone right on to the end
Of time regarding them as exclusive
territory Of milliners and feather boa
makers, with possibly an exception
In favor Of fan makers. But Paris,
having at last gone in for ostrich. is
fairly throwing 1t around, and you
see some clinging in unexpected
places to evening gowns as'if 1t had
been pelted there. On parasoIs It is
no novelty ana 1t somehow does not
look homogeneous on purses. And
there are very effective little cape
let's made Of georgette with ostrich
used like fringe around the bottom.
All sorts Of new ideas are cropping
out In the making Of parasols this
season and . parasol 10 almost un-
known that has not some new odd
little device to make It different. One
that Is especially brilliant when
raised in the sunshine 10 made of
chiffon. Along each rib there IL en-
broidery in gold thread and the ribs
terminate in neat little gold tassels
that hang down Hike the festoons that
trim the umbrellas carried in state
professions in antique Japanese
prints. With some Of the parasols
the device IL not in the sunshade
portion but in the handle. ana those
that alternately hide and reveal q
vanity case in the handle are really
useful. With such . parasol and Q
bit Of fold In her froek to tuck q
handkerchief in. the Parisisnne can
feel secure to 60 about bagless, for
air raids are q thing Of the past and
1t II no longer necessary to conceal in
the recesses Of ones handbag Q night
gown and other needfuls.
However. II you viii, You may carry
Q bag Of fairly ample proportions and
still be in fashion. Not from Paris,
but from South America, come the
newest Of these more ample bags and
In Washington the fad started after
. certain party Of well known people
had returned from an extended trip
In Latin America. These ilber bags
In gay colors were brought back b.
the travellers - gifts 70 friends In
the states--and now the craze has be-
come established for Just this sort Of
pouch-shaped bags. II you have no
trip to South America In project then,
for fashions sake. commission some
one OF your travelling friends to scout
around for these bags.
Among summer hats In Paris thsre
has been striking absence Of straw
and II may be from present indica-
lions that among fall and winter hats
there will be as striking Q lack Of
felt. For leather-albeit there isn't
enough to supply US with shoes At
any sort OF reasonable price-is the
material out OF which the smartest