Evening star., 1937-11-17

charming Victorian effect to wear
with a brocaded gown. Two small
poufs Of ostrich tips on little combs
can be worn at each side of the head
of the very young.
Sometimes the feathers are stiff and
look like little birds or flower petals.
Simulated bird of paradise aigrets
have dramatic sweep. Most of these
are black. but We saw stunning one
in flame red with a rhinestone orna-
ment between the two halves of it.
In the same shop was a lovely Roman
headdress made like cap with discs
of gold braid Gilded bird wings,
wreaths of white violets tied with
little led velvet bows, silver metallic
wheat and coronets of sequins are
other suggestions for dressing up the
hair.
We made discovery while on the
hunt for hair ornaments and wells.
The separate evening wells are limited
to few shops, and here they show
some of them at the veil counter and
some at the jewelry counter with other
hair ornaments and artificial flowers.
The narrow bandeaux of flowers con-
tlnue to be worn, but the spray Of
two or three large flowers is more fire.
quently used.
At the opening night of the Ballet
Russo at the Metropolitan in New York
recently, every type of headdress was
noted. Among the yelled ladies was
one whose veil was worn in Turkish
fashion. revealing the eyes, and caught
at each side by two little rosebuds. A
woman with long hair brushed back
smoothly confined it within the meshes
OF an old-fashioned gold cord snood.
A young woman wearing her hair in
pompadour roll around her face
used a necklace in fringe-like effect
at the hairline. There was a rose
among the curls Of 1900 coiffure and
black lace mantilla.
WHILE we are having gay first
nights, Paris has been having
midseason openings. News from there
indicates that their new evening
models still hesitate between the full
skirted and the pencil silhouette.
Waistlines are anything but stationary.
with compromises made by means of
wide inserts of different color or con-
trasting material extending both above
and below the natural line. Paouin
shows a slim velvet slip under an i'm
mense black lace skirt attached to a
stiffened black velvet peplum.
Deep grape purples are notable in
the dinner gowns of Vionnet They
are richly embroidered at neck and
belt. Many evening gowns from Rochas
combine black velvet with new bril-
liant lanes, often with Empire waist
line bodices This house also shows
a superb evening coat Of grass green
velvet with gold renaissance design
The long sleeves are made in a series
of little puffs.
Green is mentioned again in the
lovely evening gown of Maggy Rouf in
an odd unusual shade of crush-resist-
ant velvet with long, slim sleeves; high
back and low oval neckline in front.
At Paris theater premieres long
sleeves are one of the few generali-
ties Recently seen was a long -sleeved
dress of midnight blue wool lace,
banded with matching mat crepe and
worn with a blue veil and ribbon head
dress.
Noted on smart arrivals on the
Bremen in New York last week were
three types of suits. A pink and green
tweed coat with pink suede strap fas-
Jennings was one bit of news. Fur swag-
gers with wool dresses were very popu-
lar. Among them was sheared beaver
with a matching chechia. worn with
string -colored dress. A three-piece
suit of black mohair tweed with red
over-check had hip-length cape with
tuxedo collar.
For information concerning items
mentioned in this column, call Ma
tional 5000, Extension 395, between 10
and IL am