Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-10
Woods Are Taken
Lightly in Present
Styles Tweed and
Jersey Are Favorites
for Season = They
Come in Thin
Weaves for Dresses.
Broadcloth Is Also
in the Mode-Selec.
tons for the Woman
Who Still Prefers
Silk.
BY MARY MARSHALL.

%HE Autumn of 1929 may well be
remembered as the season OF
tweeds, and doubtless the SUI
i premacy of tweeds will last
through the Winter and Spring.
possibly much longer. Just at present,
with sort of tweed complex. Not only
does she prescribe tweedS for almost
every occasion short of evening wear,
but she gives tweed aspect TO other
materials.
silks and jerseys bssk in the reflected
glory of tweeds when they are printed
or fecked to look like tweeds. There
are heavy, very warm tweeds for Win
ter coats, somewhat lighter tweeds Tor
suits, and thin tweeds, sometimes run
with a thread of silk, for blouSes and
| dresses.
There are tweeds that follow the
| tradition of the old-time tweeds, so Tar
as coloring and weave are concerned,
, only that they are softer and more
comp ctely from the old traditions.
| tweeds Of three or four color tones. ana
| tweeds Of solid color. All-black tweed
has come into great favor.
You may buy two tweeds of the same
design, one heavy for the coat and
| the other lighter in weight for the dress
or suit, to be used together in making
with companionate jerseys, identical as
to color and general appearance-tweed
| for the suit and jersey for the blouse.
DOSSIBLY it is because jerseys may
be made to look like tweed so sue
cessfulIy that they have come into
| prominence this season. For jersey is
| the favored material for the lightweight
| everyday dress, either in one or two
piece development.
Broadcloth has been revived and Is
decidedly smart for afternoon. The
black broadcloth ensemble-with three
quarter or seven-eighth coat, the new
| longer skirts smartly worn with a
white satin blouse for many formal
afternoon occasions.
WOOL crepe is another material that
W has come into prominence and Is
especially interesting In black. Inter-
estingly enough all these new WOODEN
materials are smartest in all black,
despite the continued comment on the
return of colors to favor.
Wooden materials have won much
ground within recent seasons and many
women who once would have refused to
| wear a dress or blouse Of wool have for
gotten their prejudices. This is due to
| the fact that woolenS now may be had
| in the lightest, softest texture and some
| Of the fine jerseys are made with q
| soft reverse side that is every bit as
| comfortable as silk
| For the woman who still prefers silk
| there are crepe de chine which never
goes out of favor, canton crepe and
! satin crepe.
For evening as we'll as for the more
formal afternoon wear velvets are de-
cidedly good, but fortunately there is
less of the spirit of velvet at any price
this season than there was last year.
If you cannot afford really good vel-
vet--and the good velvets are truly ex.
pensive-there are plenty of other mate
rails to choose from. In evening dress
the type of dress determines the mate.
rial. And there are as many smart
fashions that demand silk net or taffeta
or satin crepe or chiffon IS velvet.
(Copyrieht, 1920