The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-23
BLACK AND WHITE
By FLORENCE CLARK

From the many shades or old colorS that have appeared 1t would seem that the American girl unable to de- eide which one to choose for a fa- vorite has turned to black and white. The two are combined in rich effects. On all sides you can see evidences that the black and white combina- tion is one of the accepted modes of winter.
 The vision of black velvet fabric and cleaning white. fur makes you feel as though you want to be de- signer and carry out some of your own pet ideas in these gorgeous stuffs. Think of the combinations and original schemes that could be worked out. Not all of us have the time to carry out our enthusiasms but 1t is a pretty safe wager that winter will find good many of us with one or more articles or our wardrobe featuring this irresistible magpie combination.
 The idea is not new, but it just happened to be reborn at time when the lines of clothes are more or less cut up and consequently, trast that would show the beauty of line to the best advantage.
 No particular garment is favored in our eagerness to take up black and white. Both day and evening coats, dresses and hats are appearing in ravishing array. They are, in deed, tempting. It is difficult to look at these lovely things without changing your plans to include some thing that is very, very black and very, very white.
 Afternoon costumes of black velvet trimmed with ermine come in for lo4 1q hat a1xyi ic h. sf1 used for collars and cuffs, but a deep border of the snowy fur extends iall around the three-quarter length coat and on coat that was cut away in front, the border narrowed up to the Fastening. And, if you please, the border of this particular coat met flounce of white ermtne on an ac- companying black velvet dress, giving a luxurious completeness to the whole thing. White caracul, too, is favorite, with dull black fabric that resembles long, fluffy camel's hair.
 Then, evening coats seem to gain Q lot out of the decorative possibilities of black and white. Rich white velvet trimmed with broadtail, makes striking coat for evening wear. At the opera recently a coat made of white velvet had a lining striped in rows of odd figures cut out of black NClNSb anu dppllSu LO c CIlllOn lOuIi- dation. A huge collar, as well as cuffs and deep border of black fox, adorned this heavenly coat.
 But to get down to earth, quite modest and wearable afternoon dresses feature black and white with splendid results. Black satin, with frilly collars of lace and heavy black crepe frocks with white silk ap- pliqued have all the snap that the more luxurious fabrics show when made in the black and white combi- nation.
 One garment is simple black satin dress with tight bodice and rather. full slSiF. Organdie, embroid- cred in fine black line stitching, is wide band around the bottom of the employed for the white contrast. A skirt has little fans of black ribbon placed at intervals near the top of the band and the collar and cuffs carry out the charming picturesuue- ness of the whole thing. The collar is sweeping circular shape cut away in front and falling almost to the waist line in back. The cuffs embody new sleeve idea in that they are quite separate from the rest of the dress and by means of narrow elastic in the band, slip on over the elbow.