Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-06
pes More Georgette and Voles Remain for Spring Mode
.repeS,
BY MARY MARSHALL.

:" VEN IL yos buy all your new
l. clothes ready made, 1T VIII be
we'll worth your while to
L. make inspection of the new
=, fabrics spread now SO law
ishly on the counters where dress
goods are sold, A half hour or so
spent in this way makes a good
definite plans for your Spring ward
robe. II you enjoy the sight of ex-
auisita textiles and lovely colors YOU
may derive much pleasure besides.
You should know, to start with,
that one OF the most talked-of re-
vivals of the season is wool wolfe,
which as a matter Of fact is rather
different from the wool voiles that
were in fashion 20 years ago Within
the past few seasons the vogue for
lightweight rather fine woods has
been steadily increasing and these
wool yoiles have come in response
to the demand for A light and plant
material of this sort.
Meantime there are numerous other
fight weight wooden materials that
before many weeks have passed VIII
be made into simple little one-plece
frocks and the Jacket costumes that
will be close rivals to the jumper
frocks for sports and informal day
wear.
Flannel in white, pink, pale yellow
and other light shades has already
been used extensively at Palm Beach
and other Winter resorts and one may
reasonably conclude that this mate
rial will prove to be quite as popular
elsewhere later in the season. kasha
and lightweight tweeds are chosen
for the tailored suit in preference to
the smooth twills and reps, though
these will be used extensively for
Spring coats.
There is a tendency at present
among some of the dreSsmakers TO
use materials of solid color. Satln-
faced silk Crepe-made up partly on
one side and partly on the other-is
used to a great extent at present by
the prominent French dressmakers.
In spite of this tendency printed ma
ferials are prominently stressed ana
as the season advances we shall no
doubt see a revival of interest IN the
frock of figured silk.
First place among fabrics for eve
ming wear is unquestionably taken
by chiffon. which lends itself so Wen
TO the light and airy type of eve
ming frock that has come to replace
the glittering, heavily beaded or Sc
uuined frock of the earlier months
of the Winter. Many Of these chiffon
froclxs are trimmed with lace and
some of them are embellished with
fine hin tucks. Dlamond-shaped
pieces of the pin-tucked fabric sur
rounded By lace insertion are set in
to ornament the skirts or these
gowns and a favorite way of con-
trolling the top fullness of fiounces
or ruff1es is by means of longitudinal
rows of these pin tucks.
TofTo ic q close second IN ClliTOn
fin importance for evening gowns for
late Winter and Spring, and this ma
terial is often interestingly combined
with georgette crepe and even in some
cases with organdie, which is another
old-time favorite that ranks high IN
Importance for the new evening
elode.
ORGANIZE. = Our English word
Cor this fine white muslin material
is taken from the French word "or-
gandi'-an old word of unknown
origin. 1t was a popular fabric dur
ing the years of the last century when
bouffant skirts were worn, but suf-
fered inevitable retirement when
clinging lines came into favor. At
present organdie is spoken of as one
of the materials likely to be favored
for next Summer and has already
been used in making some very
charming period frocks. In spite of
its crisp freshness present-day or
CANDIES are rather supple, so that they
may be used without producing an
effect of too great stiffness.
GINGHAM-This well known ma
teriaI takes its name from a word
that means striped in the language
of the Malays-and was first used
to designate the striped cotton ma
terials used by those people. The
Dutch traders made it into "gingang,"
the French made it into "guingan,"
and from that word we derived our
Bingham. 1t is one of the few ma