The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-12

gowns were especially like those
featured at Deauville They caused a
sensation among the American women
who had not been III Paris since the
armistice. One evening gown of satin
had a bodice made from two bibs, one
in front, one in .,e ba,ic. These were
caught together by slim chains under
the arms and over tae shoulder The
bib in the back missed meeting the
skirt band by about five inches and it
was entirely framed ny the bare back.
AS the mannequin moved. the bibs of
satin also moved and ore could see
flashes of the goldea skin at al the
places where one usually places fabric
There was another gown which had no
back whatever, a square bib in the
front which was held Up by harness
of colored crystals. There was a lat
tice work of these crystals across the
back as part of the harness. Another
gown had about inches of tulle at the
back and about inches of it in front
and the mannequin wore a diamond
necklace around her body below the
shoulder blades. Still another evening
gown had rather high bodice in front
mere girdle a the back, and a har-
ness of scarlet and black satin ribbon
that came over the shoulder, extended
down the back and wrapped once
around the arms. Such fashions are
only for the slim. If they were worn
by the stout, woman would appear
like queen Of the harem. There is
one exceptionally good idea in Jennys
new bodices for the conservative wo-
man. 1t is the fragil chain of crystals
that runs across the SHOULDERS at the
back and holds the bodice drapc.y in
its place on top of the shoulde6 All
gowns are sleeveless and, as every
woman knows, there is a struggle to
keep the small shoulder straps of such
evening gowns in place. If one dances,
the shoulders of an evening frock are
constantly falling downward ever the
arm, and even at dinner parties the
slightest movement of the oocy is apt
to bring down the shoulder of the de-
collete gown. Few women and few
dressmakers have been aoie 10 remedy
this ugly trick. Jenny remedies it in
one stroke by holding the two pieces
together by the thin chain OF jewels
that stretches across tho back and
sinks into the flesh. One of her most
frequently repeated tricks is to run a
colorful strand of beads across the top
of the shoulder line at the back and
from the middle of this strand right
at the bone at the nape of the neck. she
drops another strand Of the same beads
that hangs to the hem of the skirt If
one notices small tricks in fashion, the
tendency to put floating ribbons
somewhere in the back of a costume is
everywhere observed. Lanvin uses i'm
mense separate collars of moufflon and
Mongolia on her tailored suits which
are tied at their lower edge. al the
left shoulder with small bow of
double faced satin ribbon which has
streamers that hang to the knees Other
designers will put tiny bow in Nat
tier blue or citron yellow of velvet rib
bon at the back of the evening bodice
with ends that drop to the knees 1t
is an old fashion that was in keeping
with the small curls pulled out over
the temples Probably you remember
that the curls were called heart-catch-
ers and the ribbons were called "Suivez-
moi, jeune homme." That was in an
age when romance and sentimentalism
was accentuated. Few American women
like to wear floating ends of ribbon on
the street. but the curls on the temples