Evening star., 1921-02-07
THE NEW ORNAMENTAL GLOVES.
BY ANNE RTTrENHOUSE.

Possibly you are going along the
good conventional path in hand cover
ings and have given little attention to
the diverse and remarkable things
that are offered in the name of gloves.
Yet comprehensive view of these
new fashions would turn your
thoughts away from what is sedate
and ordinary, what is supposedly
twentieth century, TO the ornamental
eccentricities of the gloves worn when
Catherine de Medici and her follow
erS ruled France. 1t was then tu'S
poisoned hand coverings.
Gay and glittering gloves came upon
the modern world as quickly as the
war. No one told US what TO eNpec''
They are newer to America than W
Faris, but even over here they nave
been shown by the glove dealers since
last August without gaining IN power
or creating enthusiasm.
1t has been far easier to put over
the eccentric shoe than the eccentric
handcovering. In the beginning We
said both were impossible. but we sara
that of the knee-length skirt. anu
now look at us, We insisted that
America was too sober nation 10
throw over all its racial traits in dress
for the inappropriate accessories that
Paris threw into public we" Wheh
the armistice came. But we We're ex-
travagatiy wrong. We have outdone
the French and made England look
like a Quaker country. one hour Oh
the main street of any American town,
to say nothing of a half hour on an!
street in New York, conVinces any one
to what heights of frivoiity we can
soar.
First came the knee-length skirt.
then the bathing suit sleeve, after
ward the Egyptian shoe for the street
as for the house. now the brilliantly
ornamented gloves worn by men three
hundred years ago.
1t is foolish to ignore them longer.
| The most conservative woman turns
| toward a modified version of the va
ried STYLES. They have changed the
| face of hand fashions in their short
! space of power. They have brought
| in the gauntlet as the chosen shape,
they have eliminated buttons and re-
| placed straps. They permit the in
| sertion of colored kid in many ways
without causing the careful woman a
! trace of surprise. The sketch shows
| a few of the new and chosen types
| that are invented in France and sold
| and worn in America.
| They are trimmed with kolinsky and
! ermine for novelty and to give the
appearance of warmth to coat suit.
There is chance by the way for an
cdd piece of peltry to find resting
! place. They are soutached with fine
! braid to be in keeping with the fab
| RIGS patterned in bold designs for
| street and evening wear. Others are
embroidered in small pearls. others
| have lace insets lined with lively
colors in silk.
The novelty which the conspicuous
members of French fashion wear is a
glove made to initiate the braceletted
arm. a fashion which has had it's echo
here. On a soft suede foundation are
encircled several bracelets of metal
stitchery extending well above the
elbow
The long black glove has taken the
place of the white glace one to some
extent through the influence of Paris.
1t is even worn with a white or light
frock. 1t is as often embroidered in
rhinestones and metallic threads as
left plain. and at least gives the wom-
an of slight income a chance to
breathe easier when the cleaners bill
comes in.
The short gauntletted gloves were
forerunners of the incoming long
sleeve. There may have been conni-
vance between the manufacturers of
maybe the one was independently
created and the other found it neces-
sary to follow the path. The two
coincide in fashion. however. very
nicely this spring. The American still
preserves the European fashion of ap-
pearing bare armed in the evening.
The negligence in gloves in the formal
boxes of the Metropolitan Opera
House this winter and their absence
at. dances make one wonder where
and when they are sold. Possibly to