The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-27
~ Sorts of Chilly Looking
Ornaments Are Finding
Warm Welcome.
FLAME COLOR POPULAR
ViOIets, Real and Artificial,
Staging Comeback.
BY Betsy Schuyler
NEA Seruice Writer

NEW YORK, Jan. 27.-It may be
the season, and the influence Of ice
and snow on our sartorial conscious
ness, or it may be a sudden appre
citation of it's beauty, but crystal
has suddenly become the vogue for
jewelry for the home environment.
Debs have suddenly become snow
queens in white velvet, crepe or
satin that fairly drips icicles iof
crystal and pearl, and for purposes
Of interior decoration, instead Of
real flowers, there has developed a
sudden vogue for crystal flowers inn
bedded in rock crystal vases.
Chanel, the famous French cou-
turier, has sponsored these crystal
decorations, which means they will
be as popular as her plain chiffon
dresses and her subtle perfumes
Necklaces of crystal are liked for
day and so are etched crystal hatpins
and shoulder pins. Some of the smart
est claokers and bracelets are of al
ternate beads of rose quartz and crys-
tail Crystal and jade are also com
biled.
In evening attire crystal is Indeed
sharing honors with pearls. The
lovelIest gown saw at the Plaza
recently was a white chiffon affair
with crystal fringe. For fur coats
there are cunning little bouquets Of
crystal flowers that are very much
In keeping with the idea Of winter.
Gold and Velvet
Velvet also gains daily in pop
ularity, and 1t is not considered bad
taste today to trim this fabric quite
iavishly. I saw a very attractive
dinner gown recently of tan velvet
trimmed with bold beads arranged
In lines to form plaid design over
the whole frock. Naturally, the lines
were exceedingly simple and straight.
Next to white, I should say flame
color is the popular choice for eve
ming. and in a room where white and
this yellow red prevail, life cannot
be entirely dull and meaningless.
At the Casa Vincent Lopez, where
you can always hear good music
while you study the mode, | saw in
the space of an hour or so, several
very well dressed New Workers.
Madame Cobina Wright, the singer,
sponsored black. Her gown was
combination of black satin, fringe
and net.
Mrs. r. T. Wilson wore an inter-
esting black lace gown embroidered
lavishly in red and gold. Black taf-
feta embroidered in crystals brought
Mrs. Frederick Johnson up to the
minute, and Mrs. George Caruthers,
the former Catherine Calvert, was
too lovely for words in Immaculate
white velvet Mrs. Jay Gould floated
by in salmon pink satin trimmed in
silver lace, and Mrs. Wallace Ed
dinger, better known as Margaret
Lawrence, was demure and charm
ing in flesh colored chiffon.
Are We Slowing Down?
was quite surprised to notice that
the One-SJep ndQ come DdCh W ldNOi'
after several years of neglect. was
told that it was Mrs. Sydney Colford,
once Mrs. Reginald Vanderbilt, who
introduced the fox trot at Newport
as sprightly poppy sort of a. dance,
and that this eventually put the one
step out of the running. Now, after
about seven years which represents
a cycle in the life of fashion, it is
again manifesting itself. Can this
mean we are letting down our pace?
Your guess Is as good as mine.
In keeping with the idea of a
simpler life is the sudden return to
favor Of the violet corsage. Once it
was said that woman with person
atty and violets could gold-dig her
way through life, but recently or
chids and gardenias have made vio-
let's seem very mid-Victorian. How.
ever, today you see violets, real and
artificial, tied with the old purple
cords or the more ornate purple and
gold ribbons, right on the most up-to-
the-minute promenaders on Park
Ave.