New-York tribune., 1920-06-13
The New Trimming

one of the most interesting
II developments in fashions.
The beauty and simplicity Of
present-day trimmings are charm
ing, compared to the heavy, cum
bersome types used few years ago.
This shows how inventive makers of
clothes have become.
While the shortage of materials
has had great many undesirable
effects, such as raising the prices Of
clothing, great amount of good has
come out of it. We are inclined to
think of such situation from the
dark side only. The simplest sort Of
materials hitherto unthought of have
been made into garnitures infinitely
more attractive than the clumsy, ex-
pensive ones of bygone days.
Now each frock has trimming Of
its own which makes it distinctive
and original. The humblest ma
terials are used in most original
ways. This is a far cry from the
days when one went to the trimming
counter and bought staple trim
mings by the yard.
All sorts of interesting things are
done with cotton ma erials. Moth
ing could be simpler than braiding
strands of organdie loo sely and using
them to border pink latin negligee
and to finish the sleeves, as well as
for girdle. Coarse net is also
braided to make such trimming.
Bright colored wooden beads are
strung on the strands before they
are braided to introduce q bit of un-
usual color. Ribbons, too, are
braided. Sometimes three different
colors are plated into loose strand.
Delicate Flowers
On a Net Lattice
HAND knotted fish net makes
aprons and tunics on skirts. I
have seen one such tunic that looked
like coarse lattice work. Delicate
flowers came from the bottom Of the
tunic, running in trellis fashion up
the net lattice
Cotton fabrics have become of real
Importance as trimmings. A great
deal has been written about orr candle
and it still takes a place of in,9ot-
tance for underslips of both cloth
and silk dresses, facings for ribbon
hats and to make all sorts of little
flower garnitures. 1t is applied in
conventional designs to frocks of
colored ratine. A chemise dress of
navy ratine may be appliqued with
organdie flowers from the waist
line to the hem.
Cotton threads make an inexpen-
sive and Effective embroidery for
silk frocks. Some of the best Paris
dressmakers use cotton in this way.
One of Nine. Jenny's loveliest models
is semi-evening dress of taffeta,
bright green in hue-the shade
which has recently received so much
attention in this country and known
as prairie green. The dress itself
is rather simple affair, but in the
placing of the trimming it's creator
Gas shown great deal of ingenuity.
Tne bodice is straight and long
wasted. A plain skirt is gathered
to it. The cotton thread is used in a
long and short running stitch down
the full length of the skirt all the
way around.
Lovely Things by
Way of trimming
THIS gives the effect of hairline
stripe of white. White organdie
is folded in narrow bands, and the
bands crinkled into the form of tiny
roses which are appliqued to the
bottom of the skirt with a long and
short stitch of the white thread. A
dong organdie sash ties about the
frock. The effect is that of an elab--
crate dress, yet all of the materials
are of the simplest sort and COM
paratively inexpensive. The same !,
trimming idea might be applied to s
blouses.
Paul Poiret does lovely things in
the way Of trimming. His quaint