Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-09
Palm Beach Sets Pace in Establishing Styles for SIP
BY MARY MARSHALL.

Wv YHEN a woman takes her
a first trip to Southern re-
NM sort--iust as when she
takes her first trip abroad
she usually makes some
mistakes in her wardrobe Why
didn't some one tell me?' 10 her usual
observation on finding that her clothes
were too thin or too thick or too or
nate or too practical. The trouble
really is that most women have def.
mite ideas about what they will need
in q Southern resort like Palm Beach
and they don't even listen to good
advice. Resides, what might be good
advice one son would be very bad
advice the next. Moreover, much de-
ponds on your mode of life in the
South and there are as many modes
Of life there as there are in the North.
Now here is a really good bit of
advice Don't buy anything for your
Southern sojourn that does not ap.
peal to you as practical and appro-
pirate and becoming for wear at
home later In the season. Don I
ina CINE that fashions for Palm Beach
really are a bit different from fash.
ions for any other part of the country
Or that extremes and freak designs
that would look out of place at home
will look any better in the more
not have to complete your wardrobe
before you start. 1t IL always pos
sible to send back to your favorite
shops at home for little things that
you find you need or to buy these
necessities after your arrival.
Only a relatively small number of
people 60 South in the Winter, but
Palm Beach clothes are none the less
important for every woman who takes
an interest in what she wears. They
are harbingers Of Spring that show
US while snow is still on the ground
what sort of things we shall prob
ably wear several months hence. Few
well dressed women buy their frocks
and hats and wraps on the spur of
the moment. 1t Is especially impor
tant for the woman who has a small
dress allowance to plan ahead. She
should work out a sort of clothes cam
paign. She should think of her Spring
wardrobe as a whole before she let's
her mind wander off in thoughts of
any one particular hat or frock or ac-
cessory. You may be thinking now
Of the clothes you want for Spring
and in making your plans you will be
greatly helped by visiting the shops
to see what has been made for the
Palm Beach season.
Lelong of Paris has designed a spe-
cial collection of frocks for Palm
Beach this season, and in this collec-
ton only the highest materials are
used-linen, wash silk, crepe de chine.
sshantung, printed silks-usually with
small patterns-georgette and chiffon.
Chiffon is his favorite material for
evening. and when beaded the beading
is used in light, delicate designs.
There has been a reaction, it would
seem, against the frocks weighed
Down with beads, seQuins and metal
embroidery.
PROFESSIONALLY pink and rose tints
will continue to be favored, though
Lelong in his collection stresses vel
low. And. of course, there will be
much white. Pleating will be much in
evidence and fine tucling Is some
times the only sort of trimming on
some of the new frocks.
Save possibly in evening frocks,
there 10 to be seen very little marked
difference in silhouette. Gone for the
time is any chance of. busting the
straight silhouette. Fashionable wom-
EN- are as strongly determined to re-
tain Ii as ever. Gone is the flare
save for the picturesque evening
gown. There has been no very dras-
tic change in the position of the waist
line. The dressmakers have by dint
OF much persuasion raised 1T up to the
top of the hips. but any further rails
! ing seems difficult at the present time.
The effect of higher waistline Is,
however. sometimes achieved by
means of a wide belt or a sash-the
lower portion of which Is at the hip
line while the upper. edge is almost
up to the line that was once spoken
Of as the waist.
The blouse effect has succeeded to
q rather surprising degree. Women
who have been very reticent about
adopting a nodded waistline have in
dorsed frocks that show something of