The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-08-24
MANY BEADS USED
Embroidery Plays Large Part in
Decorating Dresses.
CoIors Used to Match arm:nt--Thln
Black Frock Always Popular
for Summer.

q survey Of the shop windows. OBJ
serves 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 tho decoration Of the dresses
of this season. Some Of the dresses
have the entire bodice bead en-
broldered while Il deep band also dec
crates the skirt reaching far up in UNI
even design and leaving only about
one-thlrd of the dress plain.
Others have bead motifs embroid.
cred here ana there on the dress The
beads used are often the same 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
1t finds It's way into the wardrobe OF
many women. Its mode OF expression,
however, varies considerably from
year 10 year and this may be one rea-
son for its perennial youth. Another,
of course, is its 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-
broldered straight on the dress. or
bands OF bead trimming may be used.
\ One dress Is composed Of black
crepe georgette with long bodice,
short sleeves and 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, its
gllstening effect making pleasing
contrast TO the dull finish Of the
geQrgette..
The hat worn with this dress Is of
nil silver tissue, In color matching
xactly the steel Of the beads. II Is
tined with black and over the silver
tissue is draped black lace which is
studded here and there with jet beads
Two silver roses hold the drapery In
place. Another rather new and very
smart black dress is made of crepe
georgette and MORE ribbon. The bod
Ice is made of georgette. quite plain,
with the neck and short sleeves bound
with MORE, while the skirt is com
posed entirely of bands of MORE rib
bon about four inches wide placed
about two inches apart on the geor-
gette, Gre 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 he 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 enclrcled by formal little rib
bon ruches are very picturesque, and
1t is quite unusual TO see black taffeta
unaccompanied by white organdie.
Frills are edged with II. or IL will ap-
pear Mt the neck and wrists In little
plated ruiIles. Beautifully embroid-
cred lingerie collars and cuffs are
much worn with black taffeta, show
ing that there are still faithful adj
herents 10 the early Victorian mode.