Evening star., 1921-12-19
WHITE FROCKS FOR EVENING.
ny ANNE RTTTENHOUsE.

, the nursey laws, though they have re-
| laxed more than the conservatives
like. These young girls accept white
but not unmixed with color. whereas
| the older women, especially the ga!
married set. go in for the pristine
purity of Christmas snow.
Velvet is chosen when the mode
is digniffed in it's drapery. It Is no,
at best in the careless chemise type
of gown.
The tendency toward a late Victo-
rian dignity in evening frocks is a
feature of fashion that none but the
incurable exponents Of the comforta-
Bile slip-on gown deny. The train, the
folded hip drapery, the bias move
ment of skirt fabric. the sweeping
the pronouncedly French evening
frock with it's bateau neckline, its
corsetless effect, its tumbling and un-
even movement of material, its long
shoulder-line which falls over the
arm top, providing the only apology
there is for a sleeve. There Is enough
difference in figures in this continent
to permit both types Of frocks. And
both are worn.
So, then, when velvet is chosen dig
nifty must be its expression. When
youthfulness is the effect desired or
the quality to be suited the fabric
is light.
white materials. We use it over white
chiffon and satin. The new French
gowns show it dropped over rich req
or capucine yellow. Both Chanel ana
Renee, two of the smartly dressed de-
signers of fashion in Paris, have been
wearing such frocks to the Ritz ON
ner dances. Americans. seeing their
Importance, brought them to this
country.
TIE sketch shows the gown worn
by Chanel. 1t is Of silver LACQUER lace
over a flame red crepe slip. The Delt
of silver cloth was jeweled. The
reckline departed sharply from the
oblong Italian kind. as it was round
and attractive. There were no sleeves.
This frock is also built with an
Amazon green crepe slip, a SHADE OF
green which is strongly featured IN
America. 1t is woven here In heaVy
crepe for spring gowns. blouses, anu
loose capes. Sometimes 1t has a slza-
bio stripe in the same color beaten
down on it.
White spangled frocks have made
their appearance with a swinging
garland of bright flowers from mp
to hem. MorninG-glories are chosen
also poppies, fuchsias. dahlias. Ihe
spangles on these gowns, as on the
black ones, are not commonplace.
They have nothing in common win a
Christmas pantomime. They show nne
handwork. They are arranged in clus-
ters like five-pointed stars, open
flowers, lattice work. Chanels gowns
show many latticed bands of cystals
running across the bodice and down
the skirt, ending in points. There is
a strong influence of Babylon or
Egypt shown there.
These white gowns are not entneiy
free from black. 1t cannot be ex-
pected that this color should get a
knock k-out blow; it may take another
year to Danish it from the universal
wardrobe. Therefore it appears on
white gowns as sop to those VINO
do not feel content without it. Ihe
Madeleines of Paris have shown IN
their midwinter collection an even
ing frock of ivory velvet which is
draped on one hip and held in place
by a belt of jet and rhinestones, ooth
of which dangled down the side.
The white ernine evening capes
worn by the young set home for the
HOLIDAYS in imitation of those worn
by the debutantes would need a whole
chapter of fashion if anything more
could be said about crmine than that
it is white fur. No one puts color on
it's surface, although few daring
souls line it with mauve or red or
black. Silver cloth is it's luxurious
lining, but many dislike it on account
of the slight roughness OF the threads
again the skin. The weave has i'm
proved. but there are chances OF lr-
ritation there.