Evening star., 1922-02-14
Spring Styles and the New Blouse

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ev7th tbaatncornffis of suoh short
Jackets and capes as the designers
prefer there has come about an un-
usual etinulation concerning blouses.
For one reason, they are always in
evidence beneath these accepted top
garments which are as revealing OF
what Is under them as the victorian
shawl or the James the First cape.
There is a tendency among those
blouse to the skirt. not giving the
Individual much chance to change
from one to another, which is the
habit engendered by wearing shirt
waists and changing them as a man
>ehanges his shirts. These blouses
connected with the short jackets and
capes have become bodices. They
nre part and parcel of the frock. not
Something to be bought by the half
dozen. and sent to the laundry. or
chosen of various thin materials and
color,
: The dressmaker does all this work
for the purchaser and the gown is
If the blouse grows shabby or weari-
some to the wearer. then it is
changed, not before. as whim or
caprice suggest. The dressmakers
say, by the way. that women ruin
more expensive suits by the heter-
ogeneous blouses they assemble to
go with it than the tailors ruin in
the making. A woman seems to
think her mission is through when
she acomplishes an admirable suit.
Let the hat and blouse take care Of
themselves, is her motto. In the new
Kind of three-piece suits. therefore.
the designers save her from herself
and her ancient methods. They sew
the blouse to the skirt, and there
you are.
The sketch shows one of these
street costumes. 1t is of blue kasha
cloth, which reminds one of camers
hair because of a slight wiry feeling
to it. and camers hair. you may
know, is one of the smart materials
of the hour, even, and most particu-
larry, in undyed white. This, with
its shadow of black hairs. is offered
dor separate white skirts and for
cape suits to wear with gaily colored
blouses of crepe de chine The gown
in question is in blue, with a blouse
of gray crepe de chine. a combination
that meets with widespread approval.
1t has long sleeves, which are unusual
with a canoe-shaped neckline. They fit
the forearm and are fastened at the
wrist with gray pearl buttons.
The short jacket which partly covers
the light blouse is lined with the gray
material. This is trick that every
one has a try at this season and the
effect is commendable. for no one ever
liked dark Innings to the kind of jack
cts or capes that swing free from the
frock beneath Among these attached
blouses. simply made. red is so fire.
quently the color chosen that one finds
difficulty in escaping. Gray comes as
surprise. French blue is good, also
that onion skin brown that goes we'll
with the complexion. Onion skin in
crepe. In net embroidered in gold or
even silver. and in lace is one of the
cotors liked by the French designer
this season. That is well to know.
While fiowered Innings are in con-
slant use, there is a better feeling for
plain colors. The use of gray duve-
tyne. for instance, is advised in the
expensive evening wraps of heavy wool
black satin. heaped with peltry, and
the capes and wraps that were FASH
toned for Palm Beach also had these
Inning of solid colors. rarely cream or
white or black. but in all colors, with