Evening star., 1920-03-15
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THE IMPORTANT SEPARATE BLOUSE.
ny ANNE RI1TENHOUsE.

one style or complete fashion can be
lifted bodily from one century and used
| In another.
No woman of colonial days would
know how to get through life if she We're
! placed down here to live at this mo-
man from Mars
| sha might learn to like the fast motor
car hst.st' than the slow stage coach.
! iof tnpee ancestors of ours were not
! le'Ems In the spirit of adventure and
hardship If they had been they would
haVr died IN a few days; but If they
, liked the motor. they would not know
how to dress for It,
by the same reasoning the woman of
this hectic hour could not navigate
| through her kind of life today wearing
the clothes distinguished by the colonial
women II she wants to snatch all idea
here. and color there. from what they
wore in those other times with other
| manners. she must do it with wisdom
and intelligence.
one Is safe in adopting colors from
any era: therefore, the bringing into
fashion of the buff and blue closely as
socisted with alexander Hamilton and
Gen. washington is accepta BILE and well
come.
The Wearing Of the Bur.
The tone We call buff today is not
what the 'continentals in their ragged
reg.nIentals' knew We have toned its
known as biese. making it safe and sane
for the majority. 1t goes we'll with
blue. however and somehow il fits into
the spring.
| In millinery and separate blouses it
finds its best expression. The dress
makers need all tho cotors and their
combination they can find or invent for
of hat ho q
to need as warm weather Is heraIded.
! The tailored suit Is having its in
| nngs. again. but along with it goes the
outside blouse and apart from it Is the
Ubiquitous separate skirt and hip length
tunlc that takes unto itself all the airs
and graces of a full-fedged frock
The reason that buff and blue ap-
pear go frequently IN these gar
ments Is their adaptability to what
! ever other color they are asked to
| go out in company with This is.
as you we'll know. an admirable trait
In person. an animal. color or a
, fabric. 1t makes for popularity and
is regarded as J. restful quality in a
| restless world.
There are two fabrics which seem
| to take this buff dye especially well.
! to judge by the excessive use Of them
by the apparel people: one is taffeta.
| the other is crepe de chine. Ea ch
! fabric is in high fashion and for
separate reasons-the former, be-
cause it stands out from the figure
! the latter. because It clings Such is
! the topsy -tnrvy condition Of style.
| FrilIs Of Blue Ribbon.
, once upon a time. when the world
| was considered more frivolous than
, it is now-which it really wasn't
| flicker of blue ribbon that trickled
over their bodice or was twisted in
J their hair.
| The women who led the court life
| of Europe considered it the Gordon OF
| sayety. Their portraits show what
| they thought of it.
| Today the fashion has returned. We
, will place the knot and the streamer
of gay blue ribbon wherever the cos
tune permits. Young girls are put
ting it around their waists. tying it
loosely at the side: older women are
adopting the court fashion of the end
of the eighteenth century and pin
ming a bow of it on the chest or at
the neck 1t is the light blue of our
continental army, of Chinese porce-
lain, of Nine. Pompadour and Natter
and Boucher. 1t has history and dis
tinCtion behind il to give it eternal
life.
1t is used by us in frills on blouses
Of bun and beige. Regard the sketch
today which shows tunic of buff
taffeta edged with frills of blue rib
bon. and touched with embroidery
in the same shade.
The neck is surrounded with an
outstanding frill held by cravat of
blue, and, by way of emphasis. re-
member that the Medici collar will
remain in fashion in genuine or
adapted form. We like to call it by
the name of Marie stuart, but what
ever it's name, it has reappeared in
fashion. The Frenchwomen wear it
as a high frame for their faces With
everyday frocks. not keeping it for
ceremonial occasions.