Evening star., 1934-05-17
Shopping in Washington
A w e e k ly
D i g e s t
By
Margaret
Wavne,

New York hotel Ten Manufactur-
ers were invited, but only one came,
and this one saw the great pos
sibilities in her clever new ideas
and soon after the two became
business partners-and that's how
the thing started. Now $50 leading
stores throughout the country are
featuring Gladys Parker's frocks.
Here are some of them.
"nICKEY" is one of the frocks
sketched and is copy of
Gladys own cartoonist style of draw
ing. This snappy model, good for so
many occasions, is made of dark blue
sheer with tiny pleated and puffed
! sleeves and a narrow pleated ruffle
at the hem, and it gets its name
| from a glorified dickey Of pink silk
crepe edged with tiny ruffle, which
covers practically the whole front of
the waist. Oh, yes, there is a cute
| little pleated pocket on one side. too
The other sketch is called Who'll
Buy My Violets?" and Is a lovely
French blue silk crepe with the row
of buttons down the front, the belt
buckle and the handkerchief in the
pocket all of a luscious blue violet.
Furthermore, the buttons are conven-
tionalized violets. Who could help
wanting to buy it?
Fancy Free" is a dusky pink crepe
with ruff1e of the material around
the neck and outlining the narrow
round front opening. There Is big
brown button on each side and
brown belt buckle A group of five
tucks at either side of a front panel
give plenty of skirt freedom and the
little straight sleeves are tucked, too,
and left free toward the lower edge
to form ruff1e.
Service Stripe" is blue and
white striped silk crepe sports
dress with square neck and square
sailor collar with a bow of red
grosgrain ribbon in front. De-
lightful beyond words is her in
depreciation OF thrilling evening
gown called Five Star Final" of
aqua blue stiff satin cut on very
slim lines with a collar around
medium cut cowl neck showing
three points Of a star at the front
and the other two at the back.
The back is the intriguing part
of this frock with five silver stars
from neck to waist serving as
faStenings along the center back
seam, which in the skirt portion
opens to show some firmly pressed
satin pleats. The upper stars may
be unfastened to make a shallow
or deep-V opening, if desired.
Surely this frock has everything to
please young girls fancy. Some
hip-length capes in transparent
velvet lined with selfcolored crepe
are good evening suggestions. They
have straight box-pleated collars.
A deep egg shell one hanging be-
side the blue Five Star Final"
was a lovely hint.
NOW to give some attention to the
still younger ones who will be
participating in May professions and
require dainty white frocks Organdy,
net, georgette and point desprit are
shown for this purpose. and size IL
seems to be very popular. The all
net frock in ankle length with boat
neck and ruf1e trim is very pretty.
Three net ruff1es make the sleeves,
peplum and finish the bottom of the
skirt. An embroidered organdy is
very attractive. too. 1t has a yoke of
two picoted ruff1es of plain organdy.
The rest of the dress depends on the
pattern of the embroidery to make it
distinctive with white organdy sash.
These little frocks are all modestly
priced at S595.
Something that is interesting every
one today is how to make something
new and fascinating with the knit
ting needles; something to wear, of
course, and something that looks very
expensive. And why not? 1t can be
done so easily, they tell me, in just
your spare time. Recently a Wash
ington shop had a real eye-opener
of a fashion show of hand-knitted
garments shown on models and de-
scribed by a representative of one of
the large yarn firms. Everything from
bathing suits to evening dresses was
included in this exhibit, and it was
anna zing to learn what can be done
with a couple of knitting needles
or a crochet hook. Even the Prince
of Wales knitS, so it must be the
smart and proper thing to do. Forty
totally different garments were listed
in this collection, and in each in
stance the amount and kind Of yarn