The Connecticut labor news., 1921-08-12
IN WOMAN'S WORLD NNlVN|IN|InlF FEMININE TOPICS NEiII||IEINII
MANY BEADS USED
Embroidery Plays Large Part in
 Decorating Dresses.
Coiors Used to Match Garment-Thin Black Frock Always Popular
 for Summer.

A survey of the shop windows, Ob- serves a writer in the Christian Science Monitor, reveals many new and interesting features of the after noon dress, the most notable being, perhaps, the extensive use of bead embroidery, which plays very large part in the decoration of the dresses of this season. Some of the dresses have the entire bodice bead em- broidered, while a deep band also dec crates the skirt reaching far up in un- even design and leaving only about One-third of the dress plain.
 Others have bead motifs embr0id, cred here and there on the dress. The beads used often the color as the dress, such as bronze beads for brown satin or crepe de chine, jet for black charmeuse or geOrgette, and steel or iridescent beads on gray.
 The thin black dress for summer weather Is one of which we never seem to tire, for season after season it finds it's way into the wardrobe of many women. It's mode of expression. however, varies considerably from year to year and this may be one req son for its perennial youth. Another, of course, is it's suitability for many occasions and yet another, that very large number of women recognize the fact that they really look their best in black. Jet embroidery is seen good deal on the black afternoon dresses this year, sometimes being en- broidered straight on the dress, or bands of bead trimming may be used.
 One dress Is composed of black crepe georgette with a long bodice, short sleeves and a skirt with four deep tucks. Two bands of bead trim ming decorate the dress, passing over the shoulders, caught into loops at the waist, back and front. and hang ing slightly below the skirt, disappear under the hem. The trimming is made up of jet and cut steel beads, it's glistening effect making a pleasing contrast to the dull finish of the georgette.
 The hat worn witli this dress is of dull silver tissue, in color matching exactly the steel of the beads. It Is lined with black and over the silver tissue Is draped black lace which is studded here and there with jet beads. Two silver roses hoyd the drapery in place. Another rather new and very smart black dress is made of crepe georgette and moire ribbon. The bod ice Is made of georgette, quite plain, with the neck and short sleeves bound with mOire, while the skirt is com posed entirely of bands of moire rib bon about four inches wide placed about two inches apart on the geOr gette. Cire ribbon could be used in the same way with equal success. A dress like this could, of course, only be worn by some one tall and slender, but the same materials could be quite successfully arranged with the ribbon going down in stripes for those of larger dimensions instead of the barred effect.
 The black taffeta frocks with their skirts encircled by formal little rib bon ruches are very picturesque, and 1t is quite unusual to see black taffeta unaccompanied by white Organdie. Fr1lls are edged with 1t, or it will ap- pear at the neck and wrists in little plaited ruff1es. Beautifully embroid- cred lingerie collars and cuffs are much worn with black taffeta, show ing that there are still faithful ad- herents to the early Victorian mode.