The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-06-17

ever has been reputed to be extreme
~ capricious. Makers of fashions, OBJ
serves an, authority on styles, are
obliged to offer their ideas and their
wares many times over and in
various guises in order to gain ia
vor with a capricious public.
Take, for instance, fringes and rib
bons. They have been subtly and
cleyerly offered in dozens of different
ways over period Of two or three
years, during which time they have
met with but Indifferent favor. Now
they are shown in the most ostenta-
tious way. Dresses bristle with
punches and cockades of ribbons ar
tistically and inartistically employed.
In many instances art is abandoned
in the effort to pile on quantities Of
this trimming. The same is true of
fringes.
Perhaps the liking for these modes
Of trimming so violently evinced at
the present time has been of slower
growth than appears upon first
thought. Tastes are slowly devel-
oped in dress as in other things. For
a long time artists and designers
worked with Spanish effects and slow
ly the Spanish influences in dress
came about. Fringes are distinctly
Spanish.
Fringe on Blouses and Dresses.
Attention has been gained for fringe
through the vast quantities of it used.
1t would have to make its appeal in
some such way as this, as it does not
lend itself to variety of modes of
application as does ribbon.
Gabrielle Chanel, of Paris, is a MAX
er who is stanch advocate Of fringe.
and is anything but niggardly in it's
use. She makes charming frock of
gray crepe de chine-a silk which Is
still her favorite-and trims the skirt
with three rows of wide gray fringe.
The front of the bodice supports two
narrow rows of matching fringe, and
the neck and sleeves are finished with
fringe of the same width. The treat
ment of the back of the bodice is
quite different. Here wide fringe is
used to give the effect Of deep cape
collar made of these twisted silken
threads.
Fringes are quite as much In evil
dence on blouses as on dresses,
wraps and hats. An example of
fringe-trimmed blouse in appearance is
somewhat complicated, but in reality
it is not, being nothing more than
Spanish shawl slightly draped to the
figure. To a famous French dress
maker well versed III the art of SIM
pie drapery we are indebted for this
model.
The plain crepe de chine wrap
trimmed with fringe or ribbon this
year vies with the summer furs of
other seasons. 1t is a welcome change
and, it must be admitted, much more
sensible for midsummer day than
wrap or scarf of fur, which, for some
unexplainable reason, has held a place
not only in the sun of fashion but in
the hot, blazing sun of summer for
longer time than there was any rea-
son for its so doing.
Very lovely are the fringe-trimmed
hats. Taffeta or crepe de chine mod
els are made with softly-draped rath-
er high crowns and dropping brims, the
latter supporting irregular tiers Of
fringe. There is simple elegance
to such hat which could never be
attained in a ribbon-trimmed model.
Reams have been written on rib
bons, and from all indications much
perfectly good white paper has yet
to be consumed before the subject is
exhausted. Even ribbon manufactur-
ers themselves thought last year that
they were at the height of their power
as persons who made one of the real
essential things required by the mod