Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-12
BY MARY MARSHALL.

nor the important French dress
- makers who create our fashions
Chanel. Schiaparelli, Patou,
L Regpy, Molyneau and the rest
Summer is over. In their imag-
nations, at least, there is an Autumn
tang in the air, days are definitely
shorter and snow is on its way. The
dresses, hats. wraps and accessories that
we are wearing now and must continue
to wear were designed many months
ago and these creators of fashion are
concerned now with new fashions Tor
the coming season.
Within a few weeks we shall all be
seeing advanced dresses and hats in
the shops and in August We shall be
invited to buy new furs for Autumn
and Winter. But to the average wom
an. whose interest in clothes Is OF
personal rather than a business sort.
Summer clothes are still Of supreme
importance, and We shall have at least
eight weeks to wear them.
WE have had warm days, but warm,
w probably warmer, days are sure
to come, so take inventory Of your
wardrobe and see whether you have
dresses, hats, shoes and accessories in
which you can face the world with
comfort and satisfaction for the rest of
the Summer. Actually 1t has never
been easier to combine comfort and
smartneSs than 1t Is this Summer.
Sleeveless or short-Sleeved dresses are
the rule and even in town one may
wear sleeves that end above the elbow,
If one takes the trouble to wear gloves
that cover the wrists. Necklines are
comfortable, too. for, though there are
interesting scarfs to wear II you like,
you can wear your low collared dress
or collarless jacket without q scarf Of
any sort.
Dresses are long enough, but not too
long; waistlineS are defined, but not
uncomfortably snug; skirts are ample
enough. but not excessively full. 1t is
the fashion to wear jackets, but they
are made with short or three-quarter
sleeves and usually collarless and add
scarcely any weight to the costume.
HATS are better adapted to warm
= weather conditions than they were
q year or SO ago. There are little mesh
caps that are scarcely heavier than a
hair net. They give you the comfort of
going bareheaded and add the aSsur-
ance that your hair will not be disar-
ranged. Even the more substantial hats
are comfortable, for the crowns no long
er come down over the brow and ears
And because hats may be worn so easily
fashion frownS upon the custom of
going hatless. So see that you have
an ample supply of warm weather head
gear-seyeral light mesh or jersey caps,
white panama with which you may
wear bands of different colors to go
with different dresses, q wide-brimmed
cartwheel hat to 60 with your favorite
afternoon costume and perhaps one of
the new lightweight felt hats that are
so convenient for travel for motor wear.
Shoes, too, are made for comfort as
well as smartnesS and If those you have
on hand cannot be worn easily on a
warm day. then put them away for cool
er weather and invest In one or two
pairs Of the new fabric shoes. There
are shoes Of ccru linen with brown kid
trimming that may be worn with al
most any Summer street costume.
There are pastel-toned linen shoes with
matching kid trimming to wear with
pastel-toned dresses, and various mesh
cotton shoes that are delightfully."- cool
and comfortable
y X * X
THE color CT your dress may have
much to GO with your peace CT mind
on warm day. Here you must con-
suit your own taste and temperament
Portable in light bright colors for town
wear, then 1t Is worth your while to
buy a sheer dark dress of some sort.
There are black chiffon dresses that
are most approCrista fek town WaAk