Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-05
Coat FrOcks Are Chosen for Use on Warm DAYS as Wei

severe suit distinction and feminine
charm. The coat frock really is as
good a medium for these accessories as
the suit, and it may be more con-
venient one.
Something of the directoire effect
is achieved in the coat frock OF navy
blue twill shown in the sketch, with
long revers fastened at the side with
three buttons. There is a white or
candle and lace vest with a high col
lar that further carries out the direc-
toire note. The close fitting cloche and
the long walking stick complete the
picture.
Looking forward, velvets loom large,
and velvets will undoubtedly be the
medium for intricate and colorful prints
this autumn and winter that georgettes
and other crepes have been this sum-
mer.
in Paris. is another material that lends
itself we'll to the possibilities of the
coat frock.
Quite the most extraordinary bit Of
gossip about the coat frock is the fact
that there are dinner frocks worn by
very smart women here and in Paris
that are to all intents and purposes
coat frocks. At least, they are mod
eled on coat lines and. save for the
lower bodice and the brilliance Of the
materials used, are similar to the coat
frock with which we are familiar.
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MOT since Indian days, when brave
~ chiefs wore the scalps of their
slain enemies as part OF the decora-
ton of their gala attire, has human
hair appeared by way of ornament
Now French milliner has hit upon
the weird idea of using human hair in
imitation OF monkey fur, run down
feather. Apparently IL is cheaper and
the simian variety.
Dregs of wine was a color known
to our grandmothers. IL not TO our
mothers, and it seemed a perfectly
innocent color name in those ante
Volstead days. And now the French
milliners are using a range OF lovely
red tones that go by this name.
Flowers made of black lace have
been one of the millinery triumphs
of the season, and Reboux is credited
with this invention. The petals and
leaves of roses. lilies and other flow
ers are skillfully wrought with fine
black lace, and are used in trimming
hats of the foppy, garden-party
variety.
Here and there colored shoes per-
sist even among the best-dressed
| women, but usually they are worn
only with all white or all black, and
| this is also the rule in fashionable
France.
! 1t is a new extravaganza to have
underclothes to match ones frocks.
| Sometimes this causes considerable
inconvenience, and makes il necessary
! to have laces and georgettes or othe,
materials especially dyed to match
! the unusual shade of a gown.
| A new and much-talk ed about ha,
| from Jenny takes it's Inspiration from
| the soldiers helmet 1t is brimless
| OF course, and well over the eyebrows
A big crest made OF a roll of the ma
terial with which the helmet is COW
cred extends from ear to ear by way
of trimming.
Jenny is also responsible for a very
recent attempt to display a new frock
| with an old-fashioned, snugly corset
ed waistline. That is. the waistline OF
/ the frock is so small that to wear ii
one would apparently have to go back
70 a kind of corset that held the
waist in close confines. This frock
! when seen in France attracts more