The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-07-13


colors. as were most OF the fringes,
or gray and a lighter shade of the
same color. No dressN has long
sleeves. and some are very short in
deed.
The hats worn with dresses of this
kind are large and made In straw.
satin or tulle. with trimmings of
feathers or no trimming at all. Per-
fectly transparent tulle hats are much
in evidence, especially on the heads
Of very fair women. Brown tulle is
more In fashion than black. Taffeta
dresses are among the new fashions.
TWO STUNNING
TAFFETA FROCkS.
saw two stunning looking women
In taffeta dresses the other day; I
know they were just from Paris.
One was in brown. with a cape to
match and tight-fitting tulle
toque in the same shade OF brown.
The dress and cape together looked
like one graceful but indescribable
drapery which was folded closely
around the figure and allowed to
fall open carelessly at the throat
to disclose the neck. bare but for
a tight-fitting folded band of taft
feta around the throat, which was
not attached to >the dress. Some
times these banda are attached to-
the veil. There was no hint of any
bright color in the whole toilette.
hut the red or gold of the woman's
hair relieved 1t from dullness.
Have you seen the tulle scarfs
worn wrapped around the neck
with street clothes as they used to
Dc worn with evening gowns only?
These scarfs are becoming and I'LL
the need of having something
sround ones neck. a need filled by
furs in cool weather. Yes, it was
Just such a scarf Mrs. Wilson wore
last Thursday at the Capitol.
The other dress in the same ma
terial was black. made with three
rather deep scalloped fiounces, the
waist definitely marked by a sash.
very short sleeves and on the head
a poke bonnet of the same material
lined with white. The bodice had
a very dainty white-frilled fichu in
muslin. The woman in brown wore
brown stockings and shoes. and the
woman in black wore white stock
ings and black shoes.
Feminine Paris, so they tell me.
is dressing in its finest feathers.
Wherever you go-the Bots, the
theater. the races. the restaurants.
or private parties-dress is in the
height of fashion. and fashion is
obviously losing her head. No ex-
travagance is too great for her, no
indiscretion too daring. She
vaunts her short skirts. her sleeve
less dresses. her decollette bodices
with a smile that has something
reckless in it. She even bares her
legs and scarcely covers her toes
with toe-caps, ankle straps and
heels that are three and four inches
high.
Dresses are worn in the day time,
at public functions. which have been
censured at court and the apparel
of a ballet dancer is modest in COM
parison with the chemise dresses
that depend for their fastening on
one button on the shoulder. or in
one hook at the waist on a skirt
that is slit from ankle to hip on
both sides, or has a cross-over open
front. There is no end to these
fantastic fashions.
COMBINE wINTERiAND
SUMNER MODES.
Al every 1aSnlOnaDle gathering
lately in Paris dresses combined
modes for both winter and summer.
Women wear fragile summer dress
es with rich winter furs and felt
hats with open work stockings. Vel
vet which was scarcely worn at all
this winter. is now a cherished ma
terial for millinery and a new hat
model is a cloche shape in white
velvet with a soft crown and round
the base or lying on the brim a
long soft pheasants feather in
turquoise blue. orange or black. The
same shape was seen in orange vel
vet with a wreath of small black
leaves in shiny leather. Velvet hats
are already being shown in the
shops here and l fear will be soon
en- on the streets. 1t does seem
too silly for words. doesn't 1t. ito
wear velvet hats in midsummer?
Back to Paris-White muslin hats
are worn with ribbons or flowers
as trimmings and some models show
muslin brims and shiny black leath-
er crowns. The large hats are larg-
er and the small toques smaller.
At the popular thes dansants in
Paris most amazing dresses are seen.
and still more wonderful is the way
they are worn. The fashion of no
corsets and high heels does not make
for a graceful walk. and the modern
dances are grotesque rather than