Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-16
BY HELEN DRYDEN.

10 many women prefer to wear the
jacket suit as a dress that the
sleeveless blouse or veStee has all
~ the importance of the suit blouse.
Here again we find that cotton
is used almost as freely as silk. Or
CANDY, batiste, dotted Swiss, dimity and
the other sheer cottonS, with handker-
chief linen high lighted, are as smart as
silk pique, shantung, crepe, georgette or
chiffon. Batiste models in the soft tones
of blue, green or peach carry frilled COL
lars and jabotS, while a rather deep
shade of blue, green or rose dimity,
dotted closely in white, has the close
fitting club collar and narrow pleated
frill outlining either edge of buttoned
tab. Vestees of satin or crepe de chine
display groups of pin tucks and rows OF
tiny pearl buttons.
With suits we associate the fabric
scarf, especially when the warm days OF
Spring make furs oppressive. The ver-
sion Of the scarf for the coming Spring
is oblong in shape, from "a to 70 inches
long, so that when 1t is knotted the
ends will reach the bust line 1t is a
personal choice whether you match it
to your suit or to your blouse. With
wooden suits the scarf may be of the
same fabric. However, If the blouse is
Of printed silk the scarf is more apt to
be of the same print. Plain crepeS are
trimmed with touches of the tweed Of
the suit and plain wool Scarfs are deco
rated with the motif of the patterned
fabric in the blouse or one-piece dress.
Young girls in the South are taking the
tip from Goupy and tying these scarfs
in soft bow right under the chin.
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IT'S such an easy matter to refresh
= ones Winter dresses with the lingerie
touches which fashion tells us will be a
hallmark OF the Spring costumes. There
are simply styled collars which can be
matched to various types of cuffs. Cuffs
that tie are perhaps the newest. These
you can buy with a matching bow to
pin at the point of the neck or at one
side near the shoulder. Both silk and
cotton pique, lace, handkerchief linen
and batiste are used for these sets. And
while eggshell or white is the first
choice, pastel colors are the smartest.
These include light pink shades such as
Vionnet pink and aZalea, light blues of
clel and baby tints, aquamarine and
light yellow.
Both blue green's and yellow green's
on the order of lime are in great de-
mand at the resorts, while apple green
and darker green with a bronze cast
are appearing in the early Spring cos
tunes for town. Yellow appears in COM
bination with blue and also with red as
in the Basque colorings. The reds are
all rich and intense in tone. shading
from wine tones with purple blends
through the brighter Chinese or lacquer
reds. Navy blue and red as we'll as
beige and lacquer red are favored COM
binations.
HCIVE me a suit and some blouses
and / can be well dressed for
every daytime occasion" declared a
woman who knows her fashions. 1t is
a broad statement in these days when
is to ut the costume to the occasion
but certainly 1t is good basis on which
to budget the Spring wardrobe
A suit every woman Just must have
this season. and suits must have blouses
And it is by the blouse we can adapt
the suit TO the occasion. typical
sports blouse will give the suit a casual
outdoor look, whereas a blouse of a
formal character will dress up the suit
so that it can appropriately appear or
formal afternoon occasions.
Although there is great variety in the
style of blouseS, there are two major
groups, those that are tailored with al
the precision given to mans shirt anc
those to which the details of work.
rlanSIllp ana the So-caIleo oTeeSIlaker
touches give the softer, more feminine
look. With the sports suit the former
is a foregone conclusion, but with thu
street suit the choice should be deter.
mined by the personality of the wearer
II you are the true tailor type, by al
means stick to the severe, trinity tai
lored sort but don't attempt it If tn,
irilly, softer blouse is more becoming.
It has been long time since we havI
until Cil1
suits. But this Spring we shall appea
on the street in blouses of cotton a
well as silk pique, sudanette, handker
chief linen, batiste, organdy, dimity ant
cotton mesh. These fabrics also vii
appear on the field Of sport and will