The Washington times., 1920-02-05
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usually red. with a navy blue suit.
One unusual model by Workman
shows an Elton back running into
long points At the sides
Accordion pleating Is to eontinuc
the vogue. and one OF the most at
tractiye costumes shown was a
Msinhard model In blue trtcouns
panel eject front and back with nat
pleating over the hips. The panels
ala not escape the prevalent touch
OF red, being Emphasized with rows
OF narrow terra Gotta fringe tupside
down, OF course), set In groups OF
three rows each With this the man.
nikin wore a swagger little hat OF
uneven blue straw with q terra Gotta
quill piercing It straight aeross the
front
As II not satisfied with the Poea-
hontAs hats, the designers have In
troduced the helmet hat. a slightly
widened copy OF the original design
worn by our old friends Nero. Cse-
sar. Brutus. and all that crowd.
follow this outline. notably one
shown by Hickson of black laced
wired into the proper shape.
And we haven't seen tho last OF
capes, not even in spite OF the fact
they were supposed to have been done
to death long since. Almost every
little frock has a little cape OF its
own; little short velvet capes with
sport costumes; capes with gowns OF
two contrasting colors, the cape being
fashioned of the more predominating
tone. The evening wraps are just
adorable, crushy swirls OF tafreta with
great soft cowl collars. The Ameri-
can designers have not overlooked
the 'lampshade" cape. so called be-
cause either side 10 plastered with a
largo huge circle which might be a
lampshade or a sunnowsr, fully thir-
ty-four inches in diameter.
Thumbs Down for Rouge
Almost as important as knowing
what to wear 10 listening to the ru-
NOR that rouge may be going out OF
especially when Thurn pre-
sents one OF his most stunning man
nikins sans rouge and sans lip stick,
made UP to have that
pallor" which women
think so fascinating and which most
men abhor. To heighten her Camille
this mannikin stuck a
good d-sized round beauty Patch high
on her left cheek bone
But even II the cheeks are TO be
minus their glow Of health" the eyes
are not to be neglected, for any
number Of the smaller hats show the
most fetching lace frill. which just
wells the eyes and enhances their
lure. Just when Turkish women are
giving them up as a relic OF their
trammelcd past, tho American woman
decides to demonstrate that she can
firt through a veil even II she does
talk politics. These chic little wells
are usually longer in back and are
absolutely irresistible on a small hat
of the Watteau variety.
incidentally there's to be much
lace on many of the handsomest
frocks. many OF the creations show
ing overdresses Of flet on brown taf-
feta or giving black gown the
striking effect that only the COM
bination of black and white can
achieve. Frances gets a very stun
ming effect in a consciously simple
evening gown OF white satin and
black monkey fur.
Can't Improve o. Nature
Stein and Blaine seem to have de-
cided that when 1t comes to "line," 1t
is rather difficult to improve on the
lovely lines of a lovely woman's fig-
ure and in addition to showing all
black and all taffeta models. showed
all with fitted waist lines, somewhat
on the basque order. One evening