The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-09
Novel Trimmings
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 other in an effort to create
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 in handmade decorations, Is offer ing many suggestions, particularly in self-materials. She makes con- siderable use of tabs of tho same material as the garment, usually nnassing them at the side or front in panel effect.
 Another effective method of or namentation popular with this de- J signer is leaflike points and narrow strips of silk or, cloth pasted to- gether and then massed to form design.
 She gains an unusual effect by making flowers of the material used for the dress and tipping the points of the petals with gold sealing wax. This sort of trimming frequently i: fused on velvet frocks. Renee also threats tiny ribbon loops and shor, fringes in this way, using for these a sealing wax slightly darker than the fabric.
 Lanvin is lavish with trimmings She makes unstinting use of ap- 
 plique designs of monkey fur in either black or brown She is quite as prodigal in her use of. trimming on garments of fur as or those of cloth. For instance. model Il Tibet lamb may be trimmed vi. bands of white rabbit.
 Embroideries That Reflect The Polish Renaissance A N ORIGINAL idea in embroidery done with tiny shells has been launched by this designer. So di- minutiye are these shells that they present an appearance of pearl em- broidery. Lanvin uses this type of trimming on evening gowns and headdresses.
 Embroideries, particularly those inspired by the Polish Renaissance, are of prime importance in all of the fall collections, They are most effective on plain black dresses, the sleeves of which carry the trimming.
 There is big vogue for ham mered naiIheads. Worth uses tho star shaped nailheads as well as the round. Premet is another maker who favors the nailhead in various shapes. In fact, this may be said to be one of the most prominent trimming features of the afternoon and evening models by this maker. Lanvin achieves her black and white effects through the use of heavy jet and rhinestone incrusta- tions; the jet is used on white dresses and the rhinestones on black. In her collection there is 8 black evening dress the entire sur face of which is scattered with rhinestones at intervals of several inches. Many jet cabuchons are used on all sorts of matsrialA Jeune File Dresses
 Replete With Flowers
 WORTH, mora than any othss
 maker, features artificial flow , CTS, particularly in bright red and flame shades. These lend . vivid , touch of color to models in black and white.
 Many of the evening dresses, es. pecially those with bouffant skirts. have flower trimmings. Lanvin makes a model of this type, tho skirt of which is encircled by numer- ous tiny roses not more than one half inch in diameter. She has named it the Dress of Thousand Roses. In direct opposition to these are the large flat cellophane flowers featured by Charlotte and Premet. Many girdles are fashioned en- tirely from flowers. Maison Gle, a house which speeializes in dresses for the jeune file, makes many models on which these girdles are the sole trimming. Here the small CT flowers are used. but other de- signers use with equal effect ,-rge roses and chrysanthemums in the new fuchsia colorings. Braid is really an indispensable trimming. This season erred ana embossed braids are sewn together to form wide bands and then ap- piled to suits. Metal braids are used in the same way and also serve as yokes and wide cuffs on dark afternoon dresses.