Evening star., 1934-06-24
Summer Fav0rites With Flair for Week Ends

| tiny cross stitch, and banded with the
| two colors of the print at neck line
and hem, offer another little-girl idea
with very grown-up sopnlstlcation.
Golfers who are not ayerSe to look
ing cool in the course Of a heated
tournament will revel in cotton net
golf dresses, cut along classic lines and
looking extremely well tailored. Choose
white or your most fiattering pastel.
Dressmaker touches Identify the
simple linen and cotton frocks which
are smart in the country from morn
ing till night. Pleatings, pockets.
capes and cape sleeves, Jack Tar col
lars, scads of buttons in novel shapes
and designs, fagotting, and even the
old-fashioned rick-rack braid come
in for approval. Slashes are every
where, for Paris is cutting and snip
ping as much as possible. Back comes
the slit skirt, cut from a timid two
inches to just below the knee. There
may even be two Sits, panel fashion,
one at the side or one at the back
Jackets are slashed with abandon, for
their new narrowed silhouette requires
a parting of the ways. Here again, the
side slit, this time to the waistline. is
important, and the back slash. in
troduced in jackets last Winter, has
become popular detail Plaid ging-
ham jackets over white. or the re-
verse have a smart following.
Cotton lace. printed lawns, glazed
calico, embroidered voiles, dimities.
muslins in both the soft-finish and
coarse unbleached types, tablecloth
linens, dotted swiss and the ever
present pique lend charming variety
to the resort picture Next to white.
frappe pastels and bright color con-
trasts hold cool sway. Blues are much
in the limelight. A turquoise frock
with an emerald green belt and a
plover's egg blue with touches of
navy illustrate its possibilities.
GUNNER formality begins before
- dusk and ends at dawn, and en-
compasses everything from daylight
dining in the great out-of doors to
dancing the wee small hours away on
star-lit roofs. Packing the requisite
frills to meet any emergency is no
small part of the week-ender's prob
lem.
The frothy frocks that denote cool
ness and crispness will for the most
part require the services of an iron
at the end of the journey, but their
glacial effect is more than recon-
pense. And they do pack into mi
raculously little space.
Cool printed nets, embroidered and
metal-threaded organdie, mousSeline,
cotton and silk organza, tulle, en-
broidered batiste, dotted swiss and
fllmy starched laces are formality's
first fabrics. The less formal types
have sleeves and even the grand
gown present covered shoulders to the
world. although they may turn an
utterly bare expanse of back. Simple
of line, except for their decolletages,
which are varied in the extreme. they
swirl over swishing taffeta slips in
white and color. Contrasting slips
are important news. one Paris ia
vorite starring pale blue tulle with
soft coral slip and sash.
Hens faced in contrasting color
twinkle provocatively from beneath
black net dance frocks. a vivacious
new note which you will see more of
as the season advances.
For those who prefer sickness.
lustrous satins in ice cream pastels in
gowns that follow the simmer,
straighter line, or taffeta in the
picturesque "belled" silhouette which
Paris designer is making famous,
create charming effects. Heavy but
cool crepes in tailored prints or dots.
with tailored jacket of reverse print.
present excellent mediums for the
contrast of icy white and a bright
color.
Wraps have much the same versa
tility this season. They may be Of
frothiest net. or of boldly plaided
tablecloth linen, to cite two examples
from opposite poles. Capes are of the
utmost importance, often formed by
tier upon tier of gathered ruffles
Vionnets slashed panel capes of
transparent velvet lined with satin,
while cool enough for midsummer
wear are a forerunner of Fall. Here
the panels reach from the closed col
lar almost to the floor Taffeta,
moire and bengaline uphold the
tailored types.
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THE beret is back, but with what
L a difference! One type swings
off the face, as well as to one side.
Another is wide, cleverly draped and
tucked into four distinct points. Still
another is high in the back and
pushed forward at a dangerous angle
toward the left eyebrow.
(Copyright. 1a34D