Evening star., 1924-11-16
BY MARY MARSHALL.

n n ATERIALS from which eve
Nu ming frocks are fashioned
IN are for the most part rather
1 gorgeous. The time has
passed when a few yards Of
whtta Erorgette correctly put to-
gether, bead or two and a silver
ribbon can be made to look like an
evening gown. Satin embroidered
heavily in gold, scarlet or black vel
vet, silver and gold lame. gold lace
trimmed with gold-colored monkey
fringe, crepe weighted under pounds
of beads, white velvet heavily en-
hroidered with white crystal and gold
beads, crepe "incrusted with gold and
silver lace" black satin embroidered
with gold and pearl beads, rose-col
ored velvet beneath a tunic of crepe
embroidered with sllver-one might
continue on and on listing the mate
rails that fashion the frocks in any
group and still find nothing but the
more gorgeous fabrics. We may be
heading toward a Directoire revival,
but ours Is far from the spirit of the
Directoire when men and women
sought classic simplicity, as a reac-
tion against the super gorgeousness
that had gone before.
Evening slippers are quite as gor-
geous as frocks. There must be
some CLINT or glitter about our toes
or heels. For the woman who must
make one pair of evening slippers
do for many occasions possibly the
best selection is either gold or silver
brocade or lame. But undoubtedly
newer than the metal cloth slippers
are those of gold or silver kid
stockings with such slippers may be
CHOSEN either to tone with the Slip
pers or you may follow the trick
now favored in France-of wearing
nude shade OF delicate pinky
tone with metal slippers of all sorts
occasionally satin slippers appear.
but usually they are relieved by a
display of rhinestones. A brown
satin slipper has a glittering rhine
stone ornament at the instep and a
rhinestone heel. With one of the
new red velvet gowns a smart young
woman wore silver kid slippers with
red heels and a buckle holding a
large red stone. Equally original is
a pair of slippers made Of gold bro
caoe with an instep strap of pearls.
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nOUBTLESS hair arrangement has
always been of immense import
ance in the habiliment of women. 1t
assumes especial Importance in eve
nlng dress at the present time be-
cause 1t is the present-day conven-
uon-among most women-to discard
hats after dark. The over-discussed
bob enters into this consideration of
evening dress. The back Of the neck
of the bobbed girl does not usually
seem to harmoniZe with bare shoul-
ders. 1t was because of this that
halrdressers, especially in France.
tried to persuade women to buy little
artificial chignons TO pin on their
bobbed heads to give a softer line at
the back of the neck. But these little
aids to the bobbed head have been
more talked about than worn. After
all, it's dreadful nuisance to bother
with such contraption, and the
thing that recommends bobbed hair
to the energetic loving, dance
eager young woman is the elimina-
tion of hairpins. hair nets and other
such small wares.
Then, Of course. there is the per-
sistent rumor that the bob is going
out, that long hair is coming back
and that certain fashionable women
are letting their bobs grow out again
But the women you know, or
know, who, once having bobbed their
hair, are letting 1t grow out again
are probably very few in number.
SO far as fashion goes you may
wear your bob quite undisguised even
with the most formal and elaborate
evening gown. You may be dressed
like a Cleopatra or Salamba,