The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-08-14

once-over and made of the coat ma.
tcrial are used on some models. a
coat of this sort IL OF gray broad
cloth with embroidery In silver and
gray braid as far up as the knee
and all over the sleeve Collar and
cuffs are of squirrel and the narrow
sash belt IL tipped with silver tassels
Because OF these straight-toppcd
vcStCeS brooches in round, crescent
and heart shapes have gone out of
fashion and the straight, long bar
pin Is the thing now; preferably one
of platinum with sunken diamonds
along its length.
a very handsome waistcoat model
has the narrow vestcc and long. mar
row collar, of cream eyelot cmbroid-
cry with a tiny sdge-frill of cream
Val. lace. In the best models tho
width OF the vcstee. showing between
the fronts of the bodice or coat. Is
exactly the width OF the collar. This
gives nice proportion and balance
and a much smarter look than col
lar OF one width and n VUstcC OF an
ether. And the narrower the vcstce
the simmer the figure looks, Of
course, This perfect proportion Of
line is very noticeable In ncCkwear
r.
You observe probably, the beautiful
material of such ncCkwcar. the hand
finish and the general daintincss.
but IL In the shape of the bits of
daintiness, and the proportion Of
white or cream they make with the
dark background OF the costume that
proves their perfect good taste. Such
effects are most carefully studied by
French women and the little Paris
shop girl can put on a cheap collar
and achieve "A dash and chic thai IL
the envy of many "A more expensive
ly dressed American woman. II IL
because the French woman has a
knack for effcct--for proportion in
dress. And proportion, which is an
other name for line, II "A more i'm
portant thing than quality OF mate
rial.
Speaking or material, have you
noticed how much better the fabrics
are at the noCkw"ar counter Of late .
The pretty bits Of fncry one picks
up there can really be washed and
irOned now without falling to pieces.
Materials ar" better and workman
ship Is better. Fabrics no longer
part along tho hcWs,itrh!ng, or fray
out along picot edges. Aud one may
now buy good looking collar and
cuff set that viii lauudor satIsfao.
iorily for what a flimsy sloa2y sot
would have cost a year ago Prices
are coming down In the shops and II
IN particularly pleasant to shop at the
ncckWcar counter whore At last one
seems TO b" getting the worth Of
ones money
There are few collars sold an by
themselves. Most collars como iu sets
with cuffs or with the long narrow
strip Of ycstc" that you can haste to
plain net guimro II you want to
wear tho set with a Jacket or sweat
cT, or haste into the front Of bod
Ice II the set ls TO adOru fIocF. not
a coat The most exclusive collars
are of hand embroidered linen in
eyclct pattcrn--ayWayS In cream
tone, not white. Some OF these COLI
lars outline a square neck opening
and others have points that meet I'm
the Y neck effect and below the
collar there is a fyllly labUt that
falls over the bodice front when
the collar is Of cream embroidered
linen the jabot ia Of hand hem
stitched cream linen, finely plcstcd.
Collars OF cream net and fltt have
frills to match.
There Is a struggling tendency to-
ward high necks and in Paris high
stocks, Mcdici collars and close, up
standing plcatings are much seen. 4
new waistcoat for sport wear is OF
hcmstitChcd white linen, coming
straight up TO the neck and fastcn-
Ing at the back, The neck is fin
ished with tall stock Of lavcndar
linen which loops over IA long ends
at the 'front.'