Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-05-17
Fashion Facts.


this season and gray, the color. Brown
is smart, to. Why not have u crepe de
chine, with surplice waist, low bloused'
sash-with beige, and tie it away over
the hip on one side letting it hang an
inch below your skirt hem.
Young folks. are made for perky
things like taffeta and organdie, You
can make over your black taffeta for
the sixteen -year-old with tight basque
waist and boat neck, puffed sleeves
from long shoulder, and full oouftant
skirt, She ought to have black poke
hat the inside of the brim packed with
little jade flowers. If this is not color
enough, insert around the hem about
eight 'circlcs,. four inches in diameter
of jade organdie with yellow, ribbon
roses in each.
The more favored fabrics are not
figured, except for sports wear but IN
solid colors. Brlliancy is added IN ac-
cessories. Jade, that freshest OF
green's, bugles, the spring at you from
the crowns of hats and the frinGes Oh
snshes. Or else cherry red, yellow or
brilliant orange! The. new penaahI
hatpins with plaque, to match ("ofn
on a long velvet ribbon), add gay COL
ors Beaded. girdles and hand bags 90
the same offices 3!';.t, ! '.'
The ,ycllows-are no longer bilious.
There is "a deep, golden yellow caileo
honey dew and pinker yellow known
as caramel. Buff, fawn and ecru are
going strong, especially in organizes
and laces.
Dark dresses are relieved by a touch
of white ,at neck and sleeves. Tomato
and pimento are the fame shades seen
in debutante dance frocks. Ruf1ied net
mr. pink taffeta IS more suitable for the
younger girl.
Colored laces (the square meshed
kinds) are lavishly used on dinner ana
evening dresses. Ecru lace on black IS
q good combination. Now is the time
to use that black chantilly lace! Have
it draped with fullness at the Sides
over a straight black satin slip. a mar
now ribbon sash tied with long ends AT
each side and black lace fan would
add the finishing touches.
Ginghams will be popular-trimmcd
with organdie, and dotted swiss in gay
colors, as well as the pastel shades
Attractive was the gray swiss qress
seen in q shop window. The only TRIM
ming was white organdie girdle
which tied in the BACK just to be DIFF
ferent, ,and had a group Of gray angora
flowers embroidered on the front.
The hand made French dresses are
all the rage for warm weather ana
cheaper than have ever been known.
There is much less embroidery on
wash dresses than formerly. These
yagaries of trimming you read about
are mostly on silks.and evening dl ess-
eS.
Have you heard that skirts are com
ing down? Well. they haven't struck
bottom yet! Eight inches from the
ground will be about right for the Old
er woman.
Skirts are fuller, and more trimmed
than the waists. The circular skirt is
again in circulation. Flat pleats are
favored in sport skitrs. Tunics, point
ed aprons and panels continue the
salvation Of the stout ladies.
Points and scallops are sweeping the
country, really you should see the flan-
mel sports skirts, buttonholed in seal
lops at the bottom. and the crepe over
blouses scallop- finished and bound
with cire ribbon. The flaps and
t!ounces, collars and cuffs Of ginghams
are edged with organdie folded in
points measuring about an inch from
point to point. Evening dresses have
skirts consisting Of row above row Of
handkerchief shaped pieces Of picot-
edged chiffon, fastened corner wise to
the slip. And ribbon! 1t is very near
" the hat this year-always of very
wide or very narrow ribbon. AS for
straw. get Milan or visca, an all-over
fabric straw that drapcs charmingly.
The short backed hat is much in ev-
idence, also the large droopy nat.
Flowers are massed. that is, whole
crowns or under facings Of small flow
crs, or else in fiat applique. Every
thing not sewcd fiat. hangs.
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