Evening star., 1932-04-17
BY MARY MARSHALL.

~ UTTONS, bows and pockets
- That's four word summing up
Of the dress trimming situation
~ for Spring and Summer. To be
sure there are other types Of
ornamentation used by important dress
makers Artificial flowers bloom on
evening dresses, tucks and pleats, frills,
gathers, appliques and lace are used
with discrimination, but buttons, bows
and pockets are more important. Be-
sides that they are more in keeping
with the 1892 tenor of fashions Bear
in mind always that while present fash
ions are becoming and youthful and
feminine they have got away from the
ornateneSs and rather romantic aspect
| that was indicated in the new fashions
OF year ago.
Instead of the frills and f1ounces and
furbelows and profuse gatherings and
shirrings that might have come into
fashion, We find dresses that are simply
| adjusted with cores, insects and pleats,
with necessary softening achieved by
means OF capelets, collars and scarfs.
On dresses for daytime wear neat
! tailored look is given by the use Of
buttons and pockets with just enough
OF the more feminine appearance added
by means Of bows.
One Of the attractive bow decorations
is this.
There is a redingote of plain ma
7 terlal, probably of some thin wool.
There is a dress of figured crepe or
other thin silk fabric. 1t shows not at
all under the closely fitted and buttoned
redingote. Sometimes bit of it may
kick out at the front or side opening
OF the coat when the wearer is walking.
But the only permanent sample of the
| dress the behOlder has is at the neck,
Where scarf Of the dress fabric is tied
IN a DOW, TO show outside the coat.
It's really a most attractive arrange
ment.
BUTTONS, of course were bound to
come back into favor with the
passing OF the loose, FELLOWSHIP, slip
over -the-head, type of dress and the
baggy wrap-around coat. A new gait
| came into favor along with the new
silhouette and well-dresSed women were
no longer willing to cramp their style
by holding their coats together at one
Side The obvious thing to do was to
use buttons to effect this closing-first
one button, then two buttons and then
many buttons. Some of the new coats
have whole rows of buttons not only
| above the hips but running all the way
down the skirt portion as well
Some OF the new dresses have but
tons and buttonholes that actually serve
| as closings. Others have the usual
hidden closing under the left arm with
buttons arranged at the front and
sometimes on the sleeves as well pure
Iy by way OF ornament. In Paris, Lam
| Vln, Patou and Vionnet especially have
| lent thelr influence to this fashion for
buttons frequently using them to give
the note OF contrasting color to a dress.
Win coat and dress costume of con-
| trasting color the buttons on the dress
| often repeat the color of the coat.
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Buttons play an important part in
the new tailored suits which made their
entree at Easter time and will be chosen
by well dressed women for street wear
so long as weather permits. There are
trinity fitted single breasted suits with
fosir buttons placed fairly low. Some
times two buttons suffice on the single
breasted suit. Double breasted suits
nowadays are made with a low placing
OF the buttons, sometimes two on side
and sometimes three or four. There are
very new double-breasted suits that
really deserve the name. as they actu-
ally button across the breast. One of
| these boasts of 10 buttons, five at each
side
Buttons are sometimes used in most
foolish ways. There are, for instance,
handbags trimmed with rows of but
tons where buttons couldn't be Of any
possible use. They are attractive, how
ever, and that Is, of course, enough for
| any fashion.
And there are pins on hats with but
ton ends. They carry out the trimming