Middletown transcript., 1922-04-29

number, and they are all surprisingly
beautiful, for, along with the general
simplicity of all of the more formal
dresses, there goes this stunning op-
portunity to make the belt tell the
whole story. When the dress Is Of
some dull or indefinite color, then the
waistline will, invariably, show some
sparkling bit of color that makes the
design a thrilling thing.
Unadorned Frocks.
Simplicity Is word that has been
used overtime in connection with the
newer styles, but really that ideal
(even though we can find no better
word) has reached the height of its
expression in the newer gowns. They
are all matters of line and color and
cut. Anything else-;ny trimming or
decOratiOn-must necessarily merge
into the workings of these general
lines If the dress Is to be regarded
among the best products of the season.
At all of the American fashion show
ings one is astonished to see how very
plain and unadorned all of the frocks
are. They keep strictly to first prin-
ciples and. because of that, they are
more beautiful than anything that
American designers have turned out
previously.
The suit has somewhat changed its
character, in that, If 1t is suit. it is
so strictly plain. But then there has
come into being this new thing called
the costume suit, over which American
designers are going quite mad. They
are doing marvellous designing and
seem to have been inspired by this new
,nrn In the affairs of street clothes.
Some of the costume suits are pro-
vided with capes, either long or short.
Some of them have wraps that quite
cover the frocks underneath, and some
of them have little coats that, whether
they have sleeves or are made over
sleeveless lines, are nevertheless in
tegral parts Of the whole costume.
The dresses that are parts Of these
costume suits are as important by
themselves as they are when worn in
connection with the wraps designed to
go with them. That is part of their
charm, and most probably it is the
reason why they have proved so ex-
traordinarily popular. You see, when
you buy costume suit, you have not
only street dress, but one which does
quite nicely for an indoor dress or for
any occasion when it becomes neces-
sary to wear a dress without cont.
New Figured Silks.
So many times we see the dress for
costume suit made from a combina-
tion of some woolen material and silk.
Then the wrap will be lined with that
same silk, so that the whole arrange
ment hurmonizes in a charming way.
The silks are either plain or figured.
So much depends upon the general
character Of the suit, but this is SO:
That the costume suit has given an
excellent opportunity for using these
pretty new figured silks, SO that hey
look just right in connection with the
whole design. Sometimes figured silk,
| IL 1t makes a whole frock, gives q
little too much of pattern, but when
1t is combined in this way with some
PLAIN material it shows off to excellent
advantage.
The tweed and homespun suits
(homespun is the more attractive ma
terial for spring and summer) are
made in all sorts of bright and inter-
esting colors, and, more than any other
of the spring clothes, they carry with
them that feeling of the season which
every one likes to inject into some
port of their wearing apparel. There
will be q gray-blue suit worn with
pink hat, or there will be yellow
tan suit worn with bright yellow hat,
or there will be a combination Of
| cream-colored suit with a violet hat.
And all of these things are SO plain
and well done that they slip into the
scheme Of dressing with the utmost
! ease.