The Glenwood post., 1923-01-11

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Blouse.
face Of the silk to set it off. In other
words, the trimming and the material
of the blouse blend together to form
harmonious whole, which is highly eff
fective when combined with the skirt
of suit, or costume suit, no mat
ter how they may be gathered together.
There are dresses made entirely of
ribbon. Some of these are sewn to-
gether from wide strips Of brocaded
or plain ribbons, and others use por-
tion of tulle to make up the founda-
tion which happens to have ribbon for
an accessory. There is frock, for
instance, which has a full tulle skirt
Of green made in many layers. One
shade is superimposed upon another
and the whole makes subtle bit of
coloring accentuated by the band of
wide gold and green brocaded ribbon
which goes. to make up the bodice ar
rangement. No matter If there are
strings of hrilliants over the shoul-
ders to constitute the straps which
hold the gown in place, there are in
teresting features of the ribbon against
the tulle which make up the gown as
a creation.
Color has everything to do with mod
ern fashions. Without IL there is no
claim to style or attracticeness. Often
the strip of ribbon added to a gown
will help to give that touch of colorful.
ness without which the frock would
count as nothing. Under the end of a
broad sleeve there can be applied for
edging the slightest bit of ribbon, and
n strain Of color will be added to keep
the whole gown in tone. The absence
of that same bit of ribbon would serve
to throw back the gown into obscurity,
with no right to class itself among the
present colorful elements of style.
Ribbons are used for streamers and
for bows and sashes, and, twisted,
they are used for girdles. They are
gathered together in different colors
or they are used in one color only and
in varying widths. But in every in
stance everything has been done to
bring them into the fore rank of fash.
ions.
Used for Llnings.
Ribbons are used in the most re-
markable ways for Innings. In some
Instances they are held together to
form the whole lining of an evening
wrap, The wrap itself may be of the
least colorful Of velvet-a dull purple
or dark blue or red that is very
dark. The lining discloses brilliance.
There is possibly a brocaded ribbon
with all the colors Of the rainbow
made to form the lining of the dirk
er velvet wrap. And then, possibly,
there is collar, which Is made of the
same material as the lining and which
forms a colorful and brilliant frame
about the face.
There was one evening wrap of err
mine lined with silver ribbon alter
mated with black. The silver was as
wide as four or five inches and the
black was not more than an inch or
two, but the two were fastened togeth-
er so that they formed a series of
stripes running up. and down on the
lining, forming the reverse side of n
handsome wrap that only carried out
the feeling of the design by showing its
lining against the clear whiteness of
the ermine that formed the outside.
Little ribbons are used for the edg-
ings of chiffon Innings. They are held
around the edges Of the coat and
tucked into the lnterstices of the lining
so that they will show the divergence
Of the line and the places where the
fullness Of the lining happens to take
on a new expression for itself.
All around the edges of blue and
silver chiffon lining for a black lynx
wrap there was fastened a tiny ribbon
not more than quarter of an inch In
width. 1t was black as to Its back
ground, and there was woven into the
narrowness Of its surface little blue
green conventiOnalized figure that
helped to set Off the weave of the rib.
bon. All the way around the edge this
narrow ribbon took It's way, then
traced line between the deep shirred
yoke of the lining and the skirt Sec
tion of the wrap. At intervals, even
In the skirt. there were sections of
the ribbon inset to show how intri.
cately the fullness Of the ribbon was
handled. In the end, the ribbon, as 1t
was placed, became the most interest.
Ing feature Of the lining.