The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-04-01


facturers of ribbons play a very Inn
portant role in the clothes industry Of
the present day. We have come to
rely greatly on ribbons as staple ar
ticles of dress. A long time ago a
taste for these strips of silk and velvet
was considered the height of frivolity;
now they are just as much standard
materials from which to evolve clothes
as are cottons and woolens.
Ribbons in Brilliant Hues.
Cabot shows great partiality for the
ribbon sash, and her liking for gor-
geous fabrics is seen in the sort Of rib
bons she selects. Usually she prefers
those Of heavy quality and elaborate
weave. Through her sashes she
achieves marvellous color effects. A
Cabot sash with stiff, looped ends is
of heavy reversible ribbon, grosgrain
on one side and satin on the other.
and features brilliant shades Of green's
and blues. The loops may be worn at
the back or they may be placed at
enc side in panel effect and the girdle
knotted at the other.
This method of allowing bits Of rib
bon or panels of silk to hang at either
side Of the dress, and, In many in
stances. fall below the hem Is favor
lite with many designers. While 1t
has been used for some time, new
variations Of it are constantly appear
ing.
1t is gold-colored crepe de chine
chemise with cascading sides. A
straight piece of the silk is cut out
at the sides to form sleeves in one
with the body Of the frock, which is
slightly girdled at the waistline by a
very narrow belt. A piece of the ma
teriaI is attached to the underarm
seam and the free edges, which are
picot finished, allowed to ripple down
the sides in twisting cascades. The
trimming consists of rows of double
hemstitching, done by hand. There
are three on the skirt and one around
the bodice. The same sort of stitching
finishes the neck and sleeves.
Lace seems a perishable material
for a sash, but nevertheless 1t has
been chosen to play its part in CIR
ding the frocks which go to make
up the mode. Some of our prettiest
dresses have no trimming other than
a huge lace sash, which, if the frock
is intended for formal wear, may end
in train, thus doing double duty.
One of our own great American
dressmaking establishments is showing
a Nile green crepe de chine evening
dress which illustrates effectively the
new vogue for simplicity. The bodice
is absolutely plain, the decolletage
slightly low and cut straight across
and the skirt short and full with no
trimming. The feature of the dress
is a wide scarf of brown lace encir-
cling the waist and knotted at the left
side. The ends are very long, one
trailing a few inches on the floor
Laces Of Every Pattern and Tint.
1t is safe to predict a continued
vogue for laces. There is every in
dication that they will play as impor-
they did last year. The Iacemaking
Industry has received great impetus
from this continued demand and lace
makers have been constantly renewing
their efforts to produce even more
beautiful things. Whether the Juror
over laces is propaganda for this line
Of work, which was almost ruined dur
ing the early years Of the recent war,
or whether the fashion for clothes
made Of lace has stimulated lacemak-
ing are matters over which we need
give ourselves little concern. They
pertain to the trade. The things that
interest the woman of fashion or the
woman who likes to be suitably and
prettily dressed is the fact that laces
still are very much in the present-day
fashion picture and that she has an
almost inexhaustible variety of colors
and patterns from which to choose.