Evening star., 1921-07-03
Mass of Fashions Many of Them New and Encing for
RITTENE1OUSE the Famous Fashion Authority Tells Of the Latest
French and American the Accessories Of Dress
Sent Over by Paris Fashion Mkers-Th Need of Catalogue Sym-New

in a broad, tight waistband which
buttons at each side.
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THERE are other blorses which do
not demand such tender care
They arc made Of gray crepe de chine
and drop to the hips. where they are
tightly confined by an embroidered
band that ties with sash ends at each
side. The surface of the blouse is en-
broidered with blue japanese iris.
The neutral bloases offered for sew
eral kinds Of skirts and suits are Of
tho color tho French call "blonde"
and we call champagne. they are
faint in tone. soft of texture and fin
ished with Immensely broad collars
With scalloped edges. hand-embroid-
cred.
These collars are interesting.
They are seen on the new and ex-
pensivo blouses that Paris SENDS 10
this country. Their peculiartty is
that they are vide enough tor Sapes
to be worn over the shoulders. but
neatly folded into fiat stoles to hang
over tho chest. 1t makes all the
difference In the world in the way
this huge collar Is adjusted. Flat
over the shoulders. It is impossible;
precisely i:.s folded it is entirely at
France does not send blouses with
tho boat-line decodletage. although
she insists upon retaining this oval
opening in her one-piece crepe de
chine frocks. On blouses she puts
measure, for the transparency Of the
crepe material used.
France originated, and America
copied and put out in largo quanu-
uss, a type of overblouse that began
Ing ,s is it's - middle dale sse % =. ~S the % reserts.
general and exclusive, in this
1t is built from a heavy quality
Of silk Jersey cut in 4 straight line
to the hips: there is a round neck
line that deepens in 'front.' and ell
1t is embroidered in a simple de-
sign at the edges with tiny French
dots done in contrasting colored
wool. 1t 10 sufficiently opaque to be
worn over a camisole SO that one
does not have to bother with q lin.
GENTLY cool to wear under a coat;
IT Is woven in an astonishing variety
Of colors.
It is not only added to coat suits,
uut worn with kni1e.pleated flannel
and poplin skirts. A string girdle
OF the material is offered with the
blouse. but capricious women give to
1t q clever touch Of individuality by
different belts, some Of bright colors,
others made OF plated ribbon in
metal or mohair.
WHEREVER one shops for Incl
dentals these days, some per-
suasive person offers a new kind of
scarf. with the explanation given
free that all the world is wearing
this accessory and that they
brighten any costume worn outside
the city streets.
France, with the Swiss resorts so
near. also those cool English chan
mel towns Turing the tourist. finds in
the shoulder scarf a delightful way
to use up surplus ingenuity, and
possibly utilize odds and ends Of at
tractive fabrics left from the seasons
output.
One such trife carried to the
fashionable haunts supported by the
American tourists who have disem-
barked on French shores by regi-
mcnt. brigade and company after the
manner of 1918. is a scarf of white
serge, wide and long. with black and
white grapes applied to its ends.
This fruit Is formed from patent
leather and soft kid. showing again