Evening star., 1935-02-14
Shopping in Washington
A Weekly
D i 6 e s Il
By
Margaret
Warner

The suit sketched is Of the
fiared- back softer type In natural
kasha-that is, o light beige soft
wool-with skirt Of brown and the
new cut square neck filled IN with
a brown taffeta scarf. This coat
will be fine to wear all Summer
with light frocks, thereby making
it q doubly good buy at this season.
THE cape suit is being shown in
l. some stunning models, one of
which is a practical three-piece en-
semble consisting of short, fitted
Jacket and skirt of plain brown, over
which may be worn a rather long
cape of brown, plaided In white. This
Immediately suggests several ways Of
varying the costume effect. Another
cape suit Is Of soft maize woolen hav-
ing a collar ON the cape Of stenciled
lapin. The short jacket Of the suit
has smart details in the pockets and
belt buckle, also the brown buttons
on the closing and on the sleeves.
This Is for resort or late Spring wear.
Somewhat darker in color Is a
sand-colored cape suit with a wide
band Of moleskin edging the cape.
Another suit the same color COM
bines brown taffeta with the beige by
lining the cape with the darker color
and also using it for the upper portion
of the dress which is worn with it.
Exemplifying the soft jacket with
deep armhole is one Of black vertical
ribbed material with large ripple col
lar Of black MORE silk narrowing to-
ward the belt and continuing to the
bottom Of the jacket. The full sleeves
are gathered into a narrow cuff. With
this suit comes white crepe blouse
with high collar and bow and cut
steel buttons down the front to
brighten it up.
In the evening gown section OF an
other shop we found some brand new
arrivals, one Of which Is sketched.
The interesting feature Is the quilted
pink taffeta jacket worn with the
pink chiffon frock, which Is softly
draped rather low at the front and
has q nosegay Of pink and fuschia
flowers. Iris chiffon is a lovely color
theme for Spring evening wear and
has a detachable cape Of taffeta in
the same shade edged with a frayed
ruching. This gown reverSes the
order and has its cape draped low at
the back in a very becoming curve.
Black chiffon tucked-in squares makes
an attractive evening frock with the
shirtwaist collar and bosom front
edged with pleated frills and ac-
cented with little white metal bows.
Both chiffon and lace will be very
good this Spring and Summer, and
they are always welcome after the
heavier materials of the Winter.
To digress for a few lines, We
wish to mention a shop that is
going in for the real thing in i'm
ported handwoven Irish Scotch
Harris and Shetland tweeds, and
they are lovely, too. These ma
terialS come in q range of dis
tinctive pastels as well as all white
and the darker sports colors. They
wear like iron and on account Of
their width 1t takes but / yard TO
make the average skirt. Scotch
and combinations may also be
purchased in the same shop for
knitting sweaters and sports suits.
And here you have in a nutshell
a host of ideas for something dis
tinctive and individual. If you do
not like to knit, orders will be
taken and the garments knitted
to your measure.
A MOTHER item Of interest is the
= appearance in Washington this
week of a most interesting personal
ity, a very charming young French
woman who Is devoting herself to the
fascinating task of helping women to
be more beautiful. Just to talk few