The New York herald., 1922-05-28
Intent Upon Curious sleeves.

At the moment OF writing the world
seems to be bent on introducing as many
new sleeves as there are frocks in ex-
istence. New ones appear like mush-
rooms overnight. AS soon as fashion
gets a bit in it's mouth it runs away
from the public.
AS the individual is as prolific as a
professional in designing new arm COW
erings there is no limit to what may be
done-rather what Is done. So slight
are the actual changes in the funda-
mentals of frocks, such as length OF
skirt, use of fabrics placement of waist
line, fullness on hips. arrangement Of
hem, that women and dressmakers feel
they can dismiss anxiety about the main
thing and expend imagination and in
genuity on the accessories. Which ex-
plains the orgy of new sleeves.
Women should be really happy over
this turn of events. They never find
that sleeve, no matter how complicat-
ed, is beyond their ability to construct.
They are never so satisfied as when
they are using up odds and ends, COM
binlng colors. putting leftovers of gal
loon, lace or embroidery into small
places to give effect. To-day they have
their hearts desire.
1t is not necessary to be conventional
| In sleeves. No celebrity ever lived
whose arm coverings are not of impor-
tance Even the august Doges of
Venice give inspiration. The designers
have led the way. The amateur finds
no stumbling block I'm her path.
Long sleeves or short.
1t matters not whether the arm is
covered or revealed. whether the fabric
is full or narrow, whether it Is plain or
adorned There is no Limitation. Do
what you will.
There are capes for sleeves. This is
one of the popular forms Of departing
from the conventional. Jenny of Paris.
who gave us the Hindu sleeve and
started every woman to dropping her
arm drapery into her soup, has started
the butchers cuff and a cape sleeve on a
mad career. Both will have the popu-
larity of the Hindu sleeve.
The cape sleeve is a half moon of open
meshed lace, merely strings laced care
lessly together, which is wrapped tightly
about the arm from shoulder to wrist
then left to hang across the back. The
half moon shaping is revealed when the
arms are stretched as in dancing
There Is another version of this shape
Tor an evening IfOCk. Inc idCe Is DldCNs
and there Is slight ornamentation OF Jet
at the sides. 1t is caught over the bare
arms by wide bracelets of jet. II Is sus-
pended from the bare shoulders by bre-
telles of jet.
There Is another evening sleeve which
consists of two panels. richly embroid-
cred, and lined with the color of the en-
broidery, which begin at the top of the
arm, where they are placed one over the
other like the flap OF an envelope they
hang to hips. They have little or
nothing to do with the frock. They are
slightly caught 20 its arm-hole top; but
that's all
Any woman can make such an arm
covering TO an evening gown. which
needs diversity. She need not follow the
fabric or color scheme of the frock.
Almost anything will do. That's COM
forting. Another reconstruction of an
old frock IL made possible by the new
trick of opening short sleeve down the
back, catching II together with a buckle
or rosette and tieing 1t with long colored
ribbons that hang to the knees. One
must not indulge In startling ribbons.
| Be reserved.