The New York herald., 1921-06-19
Fascinating Details in Co.'S
tuning Have Appeared With
Warm Weather.
BY ANNE RITTENHoUsE.

ENTURIES ago Europe took up
the fashion Of colored straw
and went into an ecstasy over
It. The episode repeats itself this sea-
son. The Paris milliners took il into
their clever heads to offer parasols,
handbags and wells built entirely OF
straw or edged with IL; they made
plumage of it. shredding it into fine
fues and making tassels TO initiate
the Arab wells which hang over ones
shoulder to the waist.
During the Peace Conference the
House Of Premet on the Place Ven
dome put straw on evening frocks.
1t was colored and used as fringe.
This house also put chicken feathers.
brightly tinted. on skirts as a SUBJ
stitute for feathers. and the American
buyers called the output "barnyard
clothes" The fashion for straw gained
a slight impetus, but 1t has rested
quiescent for two years and now IL
springs into boisterous life.
The idea has not spread i'm Amer
lea. So far it is confined TO a few
extremists. But as Paris is filled with
American tourists buying clothes to
bring home and professional buyers
are returning on every steamer with
new thoughts and new ideas. one
naturally expects these straw access
sories to starFover here in full power
Bright CoIors for straw Parn.oI..
II is best not to inquire into the
endurance OF the parasol made OF
straw. Maybe it will last: maybe IL
won't That's not the question. The
problem in the woman's mind this sea-
son is what color to choose in sun
shade. No one has ruled out bright
rcd One of the best of these parasols
carried by a French woman is Chinese
red trimmed with red ostrich fringe
and a natural wood handle carved IN
the ancient manner with the figures
tinted red
II one prefers pastel coiors rather than
harbaric ones there is a straw parasol
Of mauve which has deep border Of
straw braid run with gold thread and
above this border Is n band of violet
leaves. The bag which matches The
parasol is of straw in the same color.
y Du1Cn Oh NlOiGLS IlHTlIE on the front.
No one hesitates to make these hand
bags excessively ornamental. The one
that goes with the red straw parasol
is deeply fringed with red ostrich flues
and has red ribbon as handle.
Children also enter gayly into the
fashion. They carry small fat parasols
OF bright pink straw with painted
clowns topping the stout handle. These
clowns arc made OF wood and are ex-
nerf1V naff1fed N link nfpli1xG
When the milliners get quite excited
over these sets they build parasol. "A
bag. a veil and a pair of gauntlets to
match. They do not put straw on the
veil or gauntlets, but they edge the for
mer with colored ostrich fringe and the
latter with bright colored cuffs laid out
in broad checks. one such set is en-
tirely in apple green.
wells Tsisc on Gay Appearanc
Not contrnt with making parasols the
plaything OF the hour. the mlliners. Sec
ing big possibilities In wells. have started
in TO make them more conspicuous than
they arc.
Ever since they adopted the Arabic
idea OF cutting wells In wide measures
and draping them in long lines these
ornamental pieces OF lace and chiffon
have become an important accessory to
2 hat. OFTEN they are the better part
OF II.
The small face veil was sheved by
women who led fashion several years
ago. and only the conservatives use /.
in its conventional form. plastered
across the hat and nose and tightly
pinned at back Of neck. other women
have disregsrdod the veil as n face pro-
'ec'ion and they now indulge In II as
ornamental drapery This fact gives the
millincrs their chance.
The rosr,bilities In wells arc fully ~
rlsd out " IS new fashion IN france
<s 'astarce. 10 make the veil and the
rcckwesr IN ono piece. Boldly designed |
lace Il chosen which T. placed over the /
hat. drawn down 90 the neck In the form /
~ bird cage. then spread out over the /
shoulders 10 shape a wide round collar.
II ~ held IN place around the neck By
checked ribbon. with long ends In front
This ribbon IL In Itself a novel and
Fashionable detail IN costumery n is
used kor slrdles, u bangles from thf