The Arvada enterprise., 1922-06-29


with Shades Of Gray Embroidery.
the street. But where smart women
gather one sees the longer skirt, the
obviously biOused waist and the fow-
ing sleeves. Not one Of these newer
attributes appears alone. bot all Of
them together.
The frOcks are an amalgamation Of
long lines The smarter ones pile
length upon length, and they are 20
full and ample IN proportion. though
with dropping lines, that they almost
guarantee . strnight silhouette to the
widest" woman.
At the street fair" in the restau-
rants, private parties-at all Of these
places the longer silhouette predOmi.
Mates. The short skirt for suits-that
Is, the conservatively short skirt
still holds gOod. as It should, In the
matter Of prncticality and good sense
But for her more formal dress. for
her more picturesque attire. the mod
ern woman has elected, this season.
to be "foppy" In line. full as to ma.
.terial md graceful In the vision that
she presents to the world.
Fiappsrs Cling to Short Skirts.
Only the sO-cnlled "flappers" are In.
dulging In the ultra short skirts, and
even these begin to look 4 tribe ex-
aRgerated. Their skirts are almost
too short. though they still go ~ part
Of the general scene. In the fall they
probably will be relegated to the
background and more middle dis.
tance point Of view as to skirt length
will have seIzed upon even this gen.
eratlOn.
There are numbers Of capes. There
are more long cOats. Everything 10
a. loose M It can well be to retain
any line Ut oil. The lines really con.
verge Into one MOTHER making q M
ries Of dropping cascades that become
a. one. 10 well thought out 10 the
process.
A good example Of the silk cape
dress II made Of one Of those heavily
ribbed white silks ~ which there are
any number upon the market today.
OF course there must be some relief
to the general background Of white.
and this result hns been achieved by
the use Of steel and red bends EN-.
brOitiered In nn all-over design on the
top portion Of The gown. Then the
embroidery Is repeated In n fine line
about he standing collar Of the cape,
and the shirring that ,:ives the full.
ness to the lines Of the wrap is fur.
ther held In place by sIikcn threads
Of the same cOlOring.
Some Of the very latest Inst word
dresses seem to IN. making nm attempt
10 heIghtcn the wnisfline. That is.
those from Pnrls give hints In this
direction. The dress TINT Is slightly
visible under this cnpc In nm example
Of TINT sort. Although the waistline
II n trife higher than most OF those
that We have been accustomed 10 See,
II stlll In conspicuous. In order to
mike II stand out to the utmost Of
LIS powers. there hns been pinced In
the direct center u rOsctte mn,ie up
~ the snme cOiors nv the embroidery.
This ndds II good denI 10 the effect Of
time serves Ia establish n new point
for the ending ~ the wnistIinc.
Whether this will rernnin m mn me-.
cepted thing is yet to be decided. In
the intervnl. II establishes n new line
Of thought which may carry us on 10
undiscovered paths.
elk for Midsummer Froek.
SILK In the fabric for the mIdsun.
ner dress. and more excellent things
nre belng done with silk In the mnt.
ter of design thnn ever have been
done In the hnndling of that material.
There nr" dresses of crepe and tsiY.ts