The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-09
DARING AND Barring ARE
THE BACKLESS GOWNS
FASHION DEGREES FOR
SUMMER WEAR; ALSO
A TRIFLE CHILLY
By Margaret Robe.


In evening gown, the modern maid
Has not bit of backing,
And yet she barcs herself right well
And SWANS she nc'er is lacking.
NEW YORK, May 9.-This is the
coming out se"son for feminine
backs. In fact it's sort of backing
0ut. The bareback queen of the cir
Gus ring as she breaks lightly through
paper hoop to cantering equine back
las nothing on the bareback queen
Of the social circle, rs she lightly
breaks all precedent of bodice backs
ard doesn't give whopp for the
conventions. For, in truth. the max
ID truth, the queen of fashion has
nothing on herself these evenings
at least in the rear-above the belt.
Paris, of course, is back of these
1ackless gowns. Goodness knows
there isn't anything else back of
hem, except perhaps strap of Silk
Or string of jet.
Gorgeous as an Oriental dream
ere the fabrics and trimmings used
20 fashion these marvellous costumes.
They CLEAN with all-over embroidery
If gold and silver threads, irredes-
cent beads and pailettes, mother-of-
pearl sequins or white and black jet.
Metallic brocades and shimmering
atins, encrusted heavily with gold
and silver appliques, are used to Gre
ate those models which are turning
the vacillating feminine from her
straight and narrow chemise-slip
lines into a Vatican Marquise, with
Duffs over the hips, famboyant full
ness of skirts, we'll defined waist
line and yet withall well defined
ack of back.
The all-over sequined and pearl
beaded gowns still follow the straight
chemise effects and lack of sleeves, as
we'll as rear bodices. The former de-
felt is often made up by flowing
lengths of tulle that float from glim-
mering shoulder straps and, weighted
with beaded tassels, swing and pull
safe at every move. What the back
of the gowns lacks above the belt is
usually made up of trailing bit of
train, that swishes it's cleaning
length behind, below the hem.
A shimmering little straight slip
of gown of silver gauze, hung over
with a splashing cascade of cleaning
dew-drop beads of crystal, shows a
decorus bodice to the fore that comes
up so high as almost to have its wear
er by the throat. Alas, she barely
turns her back to a cold world, how
ever, totally bereft of covering save
for two twisted ropes of silver gauXe
that glide, shimmering, over each
shoulder and cling desperately to the
shred of sequined girdle for rear
support. The turning of a cold
shoulder on persistent swain these
evenings is almost too literal to be
PLEASANT to the turnee, for a May
breeze is apt to be a bit chilly on
wholly unprotected surface of bare
skin.
A decidedly daring and barring lit
tie dance frock of black cantilly lace
and chiffons has a bodice composed
solely of two equally wide bands of
the chantilly, that pass from the high
carsage girdle of chiffon in front,
over the shoulders to the low girdle
behind and have nothing between
bands but cleaning flesh tints, au
naturelle, except for a tiny strand
of jet across the shoulder blades,
that holds the lace straps in place.
The skirt is short, fluffy and just one
ruffle of lace and chiffon after anoth-
err, while a glittering rope of jet,
wrapped around the waist, falls to
the knees in front and swings and
sways.
Though the up-to-date charmer
scorns to cover her back, she has
taken to covering her head and with
her Oriental evening gowns she now
swathes her couture with metallic
gauze, sequined chiffon of brilliant
satin lengths in contrast to her gown.
This fashion is sure to be an awful
blow to the hair dresser.
But to get back to back, these new
est backless evening gowns at least
make it perfectly obvious why you
can't refer to a damsels skin behind
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