The Washington times., 1923-02-04
BUT HUES
ARE VIVID
MATCHTO
RAINBOW
Brilliancy Fe atures
Wraps and Head
dresses of SWIM
ming Costumes.
BY VIRGINIA KINDON.

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fine." has dominated the
~ mode for bathing suits
this year. The girl who cannot
swim nowadays Is the exception
rather than the rule. Even IL
our young girls do dress In the
bouffant frocks Of by-gone days,
and arrange their hair In the
demure. style OF the same period.
they do not faint as did the lady
Of a hundred years ago. They
scorn the idea and pride them
selves on their ability to uphold
their own at any house-party. In
any kind OF sport.
With the streets are covered
with an Icy glaze and a pene-
trating wind threat to blow us
off our feet. swimming and bath
ing suits seem q far cry. But
It's not thus In the land Of
flowers. There the skies are
blue. the sea like liquid velvet
and the golden sands made for
0asking.
Bathing suits, like all the other
articles In milady's wardrobe. are
subject to the vagaries OF fash.
ion. Any little tricks OF embroid-
cry. are likely to be repeated in
the suits designed for the ocean.
Certain color notes will find their
way into the bathing styles. But
the sensible suit is the best bet
Tor the year.
That, however, does not bar the
oolorful and elaborate suit, for
the beach costumes at the South
ern resorts, always q barometer
70 the way the style wind win
blow when the fashions return
North, are this year backgrounds
for the most decorative Of beach
attire-wraps, caps that rival the
Woodpecker's crest or the pea
cocks splendid tail feathers, and
neckerchiefs and all the parapher-
MALTA that goes, to make up the
life and variety on the kaleido-
scopic beaches.
The fad for Persian printed cot
tons has found it's way into the
beach costume. Usually this bril-
liant and festive material is used
to make. q straight slip that fits
over q one-piece suit Of wool or
satin. Nothing could be gayer or
prettier than severe suit, whose
trunks have rows and rows Of
tiny satin ruffles. picoted in q
color to match the predominating
note in the East Indian overslip.
The cap OF rubberized material
borrows the pattern Of the slip,
and a kerchief Of the splashiest
colors and designs completes the
outfit.
Wool embroidery is more sensi:
be than 1t sounds on first hear
ing, and LIS a note OF many an
attractive suit. A jersey suit in
black. made In the popular one
piece style, allows a strip Of the
gay wooden embroidery to trim
the boat-shaped neck line, extend
down the front and mark the low
waist. Even the straight trousers
are trimmed with a band Of the
same embroidery. Such a suit
meets all the requirements for a
colorful season while keeping
within the realm Of suits that
dare to brave the waves.
Cross stitching and Ukranian
embroidery decorate other suits.
A black knitted one-piece suit has
q square neck line bound in the
intense blue familiar to the de.
signs from that country. and
three bands Of the embroidery In
all the gay colors trim the bodice.
A dark green knitted suit, as
dark as the waves before a storm,
IL severely tailored. allowing one
broad band Of cross.stitch trim.
ming to go from neck to hem of
skirt A belt of the same stitch.
Ing adds more color
So. in the realm Of strictly
knitted suits, 1t is not SO much
q question Of style, for nine out
OF every ten suits follow the lik-
able one-piece. short-skirted fash
lon, as Of workmanship and the
little touches that place upon
II the stamp OF individuality.
Stripes, checks and embroidery
are the trimming notes this sea-
son. Many suits are heavily EN-.
broidered. either by hand or bv
machinery; sometimes In wool.
sometimes in silk. Silk braid n
appliqued. forming large plaids or
stripes.
Examples Of this braid trim.
ming are seen in a suit Of h,ack
with a plain waist. The brief
skirt Is decorated with squares
Of yellow silk braid. The Rirdle,
armholes and neck are also Of
the yellow. Another trim suit
In dark colors has white knitted
stripes running around, ana up-
and-down stripes with white ar.
tificial silk braid.
Chiffon velvet, especially whom