Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-05
DESIGNERS PLAN OF PLACING LONG
SLEEVES BACK IN FASHIONS REALM

! to find way out of the monotonous
rut into which all frocks. American
and French. seem to have fallen.
| Something is needed to restore them
| to versatility.
A million sleeves have been exactly
alike for year: Tomorrow this VIII
not be the rule. Variety will be
| sought.
| Down to details. Youth may con-
tinue to wear the negligible sleeve
| in the evening. For the small white
rounded arm the shoulder drapery of
tulle will serve. For those who trail
! youth as sharp shadow behind
them, the long sleeve of metallic net.
of tinted chiffon. studded with coloreo
crystals, caught at the wrist with
significant bracelet. win be the thing.
The older woman will have offered
her the sleeve that is draped from the
back or one that is Chinese in its an
I tiouity and fullness. This Will be
TRANSPARENT, bordered with light-col-
| ored fur. If she prefers the cap sleeve
! this DISCUSSES the flesh or muscular
| DEVELOPMENT where the arm joins the
body-one of the ugliest defects OF
| the fgure-it will be opened down the
| back and the edges sewn with crys-
tails or embroidered with rhinestones'
+ X = x
| Afternoon frocks of the hour show
| sleeves that are three times the size
| of those we have worn. They are
| gathered to the armhole or to low
| cred shoulder: from there they drop
| to the wrist and are gathered into
cuff of embroidery, Of fur. of colored
! glass tubes.
The world is full Of a vast variety
of glistening. glinting things that
! will be used to make this type Of
arm covering attract attention. steel
| bugles nave been invented just in
| the nick Of time. They will run up
and down a velvet or chiffon sleeve
i'm manner that will suggest the
| EliZabethan era.
The Franz Halls sleeve is to be par
TALLY reinstated. 1t is as full as
woman's skirt of today. 1t is slashed
gayly to show brilliant lining and
clashing and brilliant colors are put
together.
The separate sleeve is here. 1t is
no longer novelty. 1t is put In
the lining and follows the way of
sleeves in the early centuries. when
William was Conqueror Of England
by bursting through a slit in the
worn by moderns. has carried out the
not been true to the fabric. Now
it will disregard the frock and APP
near as a separate entity. something
like a girdle or hat. detached. yet
harmonious What a chance for the
woman who yearns to use the con-
tents Of the scrap bag!
The arm coverings for street gowns
will not be as ornate. naturally. as
those for formal functions. But they
will not be a mere cap as they have
been. If they are bell-shaped there
will be an inserted sleeve from elbow
to wrist In midwinter this Will be
Of fur in any color or kind. brown
preferred. II there is any satin on
the frock this long medieval cuff can
be of that fabric. 1t is run with
circular hoops of braid. Of embroidery.
Of let or steel to initiate the brace
let's that extend from wrist to elbow
on the bare arm Of the woman of
the hour who likes to be in the
limelight. Such cuffs do not end at
the wrist.
An excellent rule to remember when
choosing among these new sleeves
is that the fairly tight shape from
elbow to wrist flares over the hand:
the full shape from arnhole to wrist
is caught by tight cuff of glitter
ing ornaments. Fur can edge this