The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-05-07

7 they do not overlap in any instance,
! but each has its distinct part.
Small Amount of Trimming.
AS rule. nowadays, there is not a
! great deal of trimming on any one
gown, but for that very reason each
bit of it assumes an enhanced value.
The embroidery that one sees is not
so lavishly applied; it is distributed
in more or less isolated spots. The
tendency is more toward the diStribu.
tiOn of large motifs. with big spaces
left between them rather than &c
lump them together in any one place.
But, just for an exception, in the col
lection Of PatOu there are TO be found
q number of embroidered trimmings
very finely done and applied in closely
set rows. Another embroidered trim
ming has pearls SuperimpOsed on q
loosely woven red wooden material.
which is, in its turn, applied as the
trimming of a fr0ck of blue serge
Many of the designers are using
printed materials, silks and even cot
tons, out of which they pick certain
pattern and proceed to embrOiler il
again with threads or with beads.
Martial ct Armand have done this with
piece of foulard printed in Persian
pattern, to which they have added GER
tain groupings of tiny beads and out
Innings of SOutache braid.
There is an original sort of trim
ming made of medaiiiOns of enamel in
iridescent shades of blue and black.
They look very lovely when used for
trimming dress of some dark mate
rial. In fact, enamel arranged in var
ious sorts of ornaments is very much
used by the French creators this sea-
son. POiret uses enamel to make
set of cuffs for one of his costumes.
POiret has another trimming made
of little rings of wooden material,
which, when they are grouped togeth-
er, give something the effect of edg.
ings of ostrich feathers.
Strings of Wooden Beads.
Most of the cOuturiers are showing
this season strings of wooden beads IT.
contrasting coiors as red and
black, for instance. They are using
too, collars of sheer organdIe trimmed |
with lace, edged with tucks or handled |
in some way to enhance the effect OF |
its transparent texture.
Pendants and drops and acorns and |
bead fringes are used now again. |
though they cannot In any way be |
said TO dominate the trimmings mode. |
Madeleine ct Madeleine use acorns to
fringe the hem of the thinnest of chif. |
fon frOcks. They give a Quivering look |
to the thing, which is what the French |
love to call amusing" The clicking
sound Of these wooden beads knock
Ing against each other Is not the least |
of their charming ways, for they
achieve in this way a certain pi-
luancy.
Again In the collection of Madeleine
IT Madeleine one sees gown of thin |
muslin In gray, with turtle dove plumes
aid on fiat for trimming. They have
street froclI, the collar of which is
'lasped by wooden rose standing out
n bold relief, and two more or these
lowers are placed at one side of the
'elt. On the belt of another gown
here is an enormous cocarde made of
Hack cire satin, with red center.
For trimming the designers love to
Use rows of little fiat flowers placed
long the edges wherever it is posi-
lie to use them. Sometimes they are
lowers, and again they are fruits, and
hey are always most delicately and
put together.
Molyneux uses a collection of flow
RS and fruits lacquered over for, a
nish, and these he winds into a gar
and to be used for trimming ON a
own wherever they feel most at home.
elong likes to use great flowers made
soft pieces of leather. though he
J apt to substitute a rosette Of silver
Ibbon.