Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-01
Present Mode of Using
T h e m for Orna-
mentation Reflects
Purpose to Combine
Beauty and Utility.
Military Designs IN
Gold Used.

NRUTTON, button, who's got the but
ton?" is not q mere game this
Spring. It's an inquiry rs TO just which
Of you girls is chic enough to know that
buttons and buckles and other like
Eadgets are Just as stylish as can be.
You can have buttons up your back,
down your skirt, on your cuffs, on your
hats. Alexandrine even designs white
gloves for you and puts black or red
buttons on them for decoration. Even
chapeaux have buttons for decoration.
There are buttons for trocks that are
mid Victorian in their ornateness. Rip
q few off grandmother's party frocks of
the COS and sos and you will feel very
chic in a little checkered georgette froek
bebuttoned in rows for trimming.
II you are so modern you haven't even
a garnet, much less grandmother frockS
in It, look at the newest buttons gone
modern Few Of these actually fasten
anything except that they anchor chic
by being sewed on frock.
They are bizarre in design and color.
A couple viii do for a biouse's front.
Reds, bright blues, old gold effects and
glass in many colors are good. Prystal
buttons in fact, are among the newest
and come in many, many shapes.
Some OF them cost plenty, so that one
should suffice But If YOU look around
you can find cheap buttons that are IN
excellent taste
Belts button on this season, too and
MANY Of the new linen frOCks fasten
their skirts to their waists with buttons
and buttonholes A pink linen frock
has double rows Of Self-covered buttons
for trim. An evening frock Of navy
blue net and taffeta has diamond but
tons on its shoulder straps.
Buckles are as varied as buttons and
do almost as many chores of chic. Shoe
buckles are enormously varied. A light
blue tafTeta frock buckles its decol-
letage shut in the back A large pic
ture hat Of erin buckles its banding
shut with the new prystal IN fact, this
pTystal is used in many a moderniStic
belt and necktie buckle for color and
twinEling charm.
All coats either button or buckle shut
this year A navy blue tsffeta coat has
a cute cape that buttons down the
middle of the back and then buckles
shut with a navy blue and white buckle.
much like the buttons in the back
Among the newest buttons are tri-
angular. octagonal and other irregularly
shaped designs In highly colored enamel
/ and black, in pearl set in enamel, In
| prystal i'm all cOlors. in colored pearl.
! In original little printed designs TO 60
/ with plain frocks and all manner OF
I silk and fabric buttons
! You can have them made Of your
I frock or suit material, too.
The very newest thing for you, If you
( are still young, is the costume with
/ military buttons in gold, for the
( admiral's gold buttons are very chic
/ on navy blue, whether on land or sea.
/ Buckles are as individual as the
| costumes they adorn For morning and
daytime, the tailored buckle, in any
/ thing from leather TO real gold and
! silver, is good For dressy things, Jew
! eled buckles or highly colored prystal
I ones Contrast in buckles is one of the
! first necessities In dress things.
picture hat of printed black ane
pink silk lined with pink erin. has It's
/ pink bow held In place at the side bach
by an onyx and pink pryStal buckle
! pale greer linen frock uses liner
| buttons 10 adorn il. A beige pouch baE
I tastens with modernistic little buckle
! in gold and agate and has agate button.
at the end of its braided fabric wish
bone strings
Among the newer buckles and but.
tons there is a set Of geometric designed
rounded buckles for the belt, Of scarle
and black, and two sizes of square but
tons Tor the front and the sleeves o
the frock. For a georgette blouse
Spider-web buttons Of two tones Of EN-
oroidery are new and excellent
For the Summer costume Of whit