The Indianapolis times., 1929-10-07
WrutSAre
Last Word
in Luxury
BY HENRI BENDEL
Written for SEA Service

NEW YORK. oct. 7.-Evening
costumes are a real barometer Of
any seasons styles. New silhouettes,
new effects and new themes usually
make their first appearance in eve
ming things. In like manner, the
lavishuess Of a style era is reflected
in its evening costumes.
This season this is more true than
ever. 1t is the trailing length, the
high-waisted effects and the colors,
textiles and general feeling Of eve
ming things that have started the
present great change in styles.
The evening wrap comes in for a
great responsibility. therefore. 1t
no longer is enough to have one
little. plain, untrimmed coat for
evening year. The luxurious age IS
upon us. Evening coats must 1--we
up to their reputation.
Evening Ensembles Smart
It is very smart this year to have
evening ensembles. Wraps OF vel
vets and brocades top gowns in the
same colors. often the same fabrics.
Bright. hard greens. silver blues,
rose pinks. and many tones OF yellow
are good.
White. of course, is utterly teml-
nine. and one of the loveliest OF eve
ming ensembles Is the white and
gold brocaded wrap. collared IN er-
mine. topping the white vide
meshed silk net evening gown.
Since many women, however, Go
not feel they can have different
evening wrap for every gown, the
problem that cOnfronts them Is 10
get one that is at one and the same
time practical and yet bit glamor-
Gus.
should suggest a black-whlte
color scheme for the average Wo-
man in this situation. There is un-
limited variety possible in black ana
white. Velvet is the most practical
fabric and nothing is smarter.
Gold and silver brocades may have
more appeal to a woman who wants
evening things romantic. Often one
or the other of these can be worn
evening after evening and still one S
friends will eXclaim over it. thinking
Il a new one. For they look differ
ent with each color they are worn
with.
Whatever the color or fabric OF
evening wraps this winter, the cut
is of real importance. Some wraps
follow the lines of gowns, fit the
body to the hipline and then nave
full trailing skirts that fall over
the gowns train.
A three-quarters evening wrap,
however. is an excellent choice Tor
the long. irregular hemlines. Dol
mans. capes. cape coats, fitted coats
and loose coats that wrap up about
one are all in good style. IndlVldu-
ality in cut is a real triumph.
Collars and cuffs on coats are
luxuriously furred more often than
not. Ermine, sable, chinchilla. and
other fine furs are used. One lovely
sage green sweeping, long wrap has
"A woke and collar of rich fur.
One of the newest of evening
wraps IL IOSdl b4uN - 'AeN'--'i''
velvet. collared in Russian ermlne.
There is a draped back. with the
fitted skirt portion achieving its ful-
ness through the use of godets. The
collar stands up majestically.
A Black-W White Model
For the young girl, fur is not
used as much as for the older Wo-
man. Extremely smart is a black
white evening coat for a younger
woman. 1t is simple, yet tremen-
dously smart.
A double. shirred cape of white
Transparent velvet falls softly over
the black in the back and joining
the black in the front, fashions the
front widths.
Atop this little cape, a shirred col
lar of the black stands up to frame
the face softly. 1t is lined through
out with white satin.
This is a charming design for two
shades of color. too. like lavender
and pole yellow or two tones OF rose.