The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-10
WELL DRESSED GIRL

Have you ever started out for an
evening of dancing feeling that you
looked your very best, only to have
your gentleman escort turn to you
and say: "Oh, is that your new hat7
1t makes you look older than the
last one, doesn't it?" or some such
terrific remark.
Well, it just comes down to this
that in the evening, always when
dancing, the girls are dressing to
please the men and they may just
as well really please them while
they are about 1t.
I wonder if that is the reason why
girls in smart places during the eve
ming dancing hours do look so well
dressed as an average? or is it be-
cause they like themselves better in
evening dress and pay more attention
to it? Who knows. Anyway. the aver
age of good dressing at any smart
dancing place is much higher than
1t is when women are assembled at
luncheon. at tea or at dinner.
This does not mean that there is
none who is badly dressed. Oh, no!
There are plenty of that variety, and
particularly distressing they are to
the sensitive eye. That is why your
gentleman friend is so particular
about your hat and your dress and
everything else that goes with 1t.
He has been treated to sight of the
atrocities in a dancing place and
without knowing just why, he dlmly
breads seeing any one in whom he is
interested even make an approach
to the class of the badly dressed one.
He shudders at the girl in fluffy
chiffon with no hat-just sweet lit
tie wavy curls around her face. And
who can blame him. He laughs at the
girl who thinks she is smarty gown
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and pearl landings about her head.
She might very we'll be beautifully
dressed in another environment, but
not exactly in the restaurant place to
which she has como for happy
time at dancing.
could enter the prize contest for the
best dressed one in the room. They
have hats because the occasion calls
for a hat, but those hats are not too
wide of brim. nor too snowy. nor too
spreading of line to interfere with
their partners comfort and their
own good looks. They have simple
dresses made Of very elegant mater
ials, either silk or chiffon or brocade
and all of their accessories-shoes,
stockings, jewelry, etc. match tho
costume In tho last degree.
The girl all in black is good. Her
dress is draped with long. flowing
panels that look most interesting
when she is dancing and quite as
graceful when she is standing still.
Her hat is a red wound toque OF chif-
fon. She has just enough color and a
costume background most elegantly
arranged.
There Is ono in white who Is raw
ishing. Her gown Is made of cross
wise strips Of the white chiffon al
ternated with the same sort of strips
made of lace. The dress Is simply
made Git can be seen in the picture).
Her shoes are white, her hat Is whito
with just touch of black velvet
around the crown which helps enor-
mously at giving character to the
whole effect. and her brace.rs pused
above the elbow on the eft arm are
black and silver and cerise The
flowers at her belt are cerise and
silver with white ribbon ends. When
she arrived she wore black duvetyn
cape with black caracul collar over
all.
Another girl who loves color has a
one-piece dress made of orange silk
ratine. She is dark of coloring and
can stand the vividness of contrast.
She wears black hat and black
shoes and stockings. She is effective
looking and well dressed at the
same time because everything is
kept SO simple and only the color ia
allowed to tell.
But there are many of them dane
tng-too many to pick out at ons
time. They represent the American
girl at her best, in the finest clothes
she can afford and has the taste to