New Britain herald., 1928-12-15
ORNAMENTS ADD CHIC TOUCH
 TO FORMAL EVENING GOWNS

Paris. Dec. 15.-An evening dress apart from line. color aud cut needs still another element added to these three essential qualities to make 1t q perfect gown. It needs somewhere a touch of briliiancy.
 Although ws have beeesns e. customed to tho formal. plain evs- ntng gown. a keen observer will have noted the fact that . scintil. lating ornament always adds that finished touch necsssary to any thing that can be called . crea- ton.
 Jewels for the Fortunate
 There are. of course, . few for. tunate women who possess . suffl' ciently large number of jewels en- abling them to enhance every fea- ture of their evening gowns and lend that sparkling note associate ed with all evening functions.
 When beaded dresses were Tn fashion, this mode ef ornamenta~ ton evidently furnished the rs- ouired brilliancy. Whether en- tirely covered with spansies or embroidered with sparkling stones, these dresses had the draw back of being entirely too heavy -a defect most women refuse to put up with now. Besides. there wss . distinct abuse made of these beaded evening gowns and the re- action was necessarily that which gave us the plain. unadorned gown. The problem then WAS 10 give the evening gown the nsees- ssry sumptuous note. without loe- ing sight of and rather accentuat' inK the elements of simplicity, ljrhtness and clearcut aspect Of the gown.
 The "Why" Of False Jewels It is this lack of adornment in dress in general that caused the extreme vogue of imitation jewell ry that still persists and threat ems to grow more and more im- portant every day. The absence of embroidery is, in | sense, . justification of this extreme popu- larity and it is the only "raison d'etre" of false jewels.
 Imitation jewelry lends that decorative effect necessary to dresses made of plain fabric. My first impulse vas one of revolt against anything sham and, al- though I have rather revised my ideas on this subject and tolerate the thought of woman wearing imitation jewels. there Is ono thing I cannot accept and that is to see them being worn with an elabor. ately beaded evening gown. There are still women who prefer tho elaborate to the simple gown, but imitation jewelry is, to say the least, . very superfluous accessory. If any jewels are worn at alt with such . type of d, ess. it should bs only rare gems as arc accepted on any occasion and with any dress.
 Beaded Dresses Fewer
 In every collection that is l re- scented now the number Of beaded dresses h always being reduced. Whether I make ten or thirty of these. however, always sell the same number. There h always the same numbe- of women whe choose such . type of dress and whether they have ten or thirty models to choose from makes no difference. If were to cut the number down to three would still sell the same number.
 By imitation jewslry I mean the stones that are called semi-pre- cious. This mode of using them as an accessory to . gown is about the only use l can sec for them and it was in line with this prin. ciple that created my first flew. el dresses" a few seasons back. The jewel was. created for the dress and vice versa. Neither was complete without the other.
 Another essential quality of sham jewelry Is that it absolute ly must possess | decorative value and show proof of first-class work manship.
 If these elements were always present in the limitations women 1 wear nowadays, could become reconcilcd to false jewelry.
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