Evening star., 1925-09-13

Cleopatra could ever have had any
more gorgeous costumes than some
of the new jeweled and beaded gowns
for evening. The beads are used
rather differently now from what they
were formerly-the effect is one Of
massing the beads here or there in
heavy incrustations. Some of the new
gowns are fairly covered with beads
making the weight OF the gown al
most burdensome. But then the total
weight of what a. woman wears in the
evening nowadays is so small that
she can well manage 10 carry around
with her several pounds of beads!
Her lingerie is scant and light Of
weight, her stockings thinner than a
spiders web and as light. and usu-
ally she doesn't even carry the weight
of hair pins.
The necklne was for many years
one Of the chief marks OF distinction
of the evening gown. and it is one
that always needs TO be considered in
connection with a dance or dinner
gown. Interestingly enough in this
age when critics accuse us OF having
cast modesty aside and dared every
extreme of dress. the extremely low
cut evening gown is not very often
found among those offered for our
consideration by the great dress
round necklne scarcely lower than
that of a daytime frock. The so-called
bateau neck, fairly high at the 'front.'
touching the collar bone-and cut al
most to the shoulders at the side, has,
despite all predictions to the contrary,
survived another season. 1t IS a. neck
line that especially recommends itself
to the American woman of discretion
in matters of dress.
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line is of course far newer, and this is
sometimes high al the back and some
times N-Shaped there. There is the
same tendency on the part of dress
makers to make necks that are rather
high AT the front quite low at the
back, and those that are low at the
front fairly high at the back.
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CLEEVELESSNESS for evening
seems TO remain the conservative,
smart choice-or if you will not go
sleeveless YOU may wear sleeves that
are actually long and closely fitted.
Sleeves of this sort appear once IN
while in a metallic lace frock or one
of the heavily beaded chiffon frocks
run with metal threads.
Various sorts of velvet brocaded
| chiffon are looming large IN the realm
| of evening frocks. or course, there
is nothing positively new about these
| chiffons. but they are not quite. IKE
| any fabrics of the sort we have had
| before. The fondness for large figures
| that expressed itself in the endless
printed crepes of the Summer seems
| 10 have been carried over to these
brocades, for many of them show
| large figures and scrolls in contrasting
| colors And these rich materials lend
| themselves we'll to the present sill
| houette, slightly fiaring. and with a
| tendency TO show closer conformity
| to the figure than was the case with
the sheath frocks of a year ago.
Sometimes the richest brocades are
| further embellished with beading,
metallic embroidery, lace and other
ornamentation, but the most pleasing
! effects are gained when they are used
alone or in combination with plain
| chiffon to match the background OF
| the brocade.
These new brocades, like the metal
| laces and other new fabrics OF the
| season, are so expensive that some
one has said the fashion for short,
| fairly scant skirts will have to con
| tinue The only thing that makes II
| possible to have clothes at all with
| fabrics so precious is that we need
only a very few yards to make a
dress.
| tCopyT1ght. 1880