Evening star., 1962-04-29
FASHION
NOTEBOOK
Washington Women Sticking
Pins in q VeritobIe Rage
BY ELEM

Washington women in a rage right now. Antique
jewery. the finding of same, and the story behind
is the current fascination of lot of women.
Unless pn bracelet necklace looks different enough
for someone to say us it an antque? you don't enter
into the conversation of great many women gathered
for luncheon
Some women are SNUG about their antique jewelry
invent stories to how certain pin handed down
from mother to daughter Still others don't mind saying
they simply couldn't resist the sweet little pin sitting in
the tray at the favorite antique jewelry shop
Reports have right stick pins getting big
play from who fancy them The tiny jeweled
make delightful lapel suit jacket and
dress Because of their variety design and their small
size they often need microscopic to view but those
who appreciate the beauty design tiny object of
think stick pins the most.
Beth Parrish says she has several antique tie pins
One is tiny flower with "wee sapphire and a
diamond on it, given to her in Vienna The other tiny
violet stick pin that belonged to her grandfather.
One noted hostess Mrs. Paul Mellon also appreciates
the design beauty of stick pins Some designed for her
by her husband On OCCASION beautiful big cabbage
she often centerpieceS will have the tiny
jewelled stick pins pinned to the petals
Another fashion note emerging in the od-but-ever new
world OF ewery is the wearing of twin bracelets
each wrist. June sherwood has set of black enamel
bracelets with gold bands set at the edges that belonged
War; she says June believes women were lot smaller in
those days Obviously they didn't play tennis garden.
typewriter cause barely slip the bracelets
my wrists" says June
Emily Keech of pair Of bracelets that be-
longed to her grandmother OF black enamel with gold.
it has y-of-the valley design Her sister has the
that Emily has been trying to get for Her favore
question to sister when are you going give
that bracelet that matches mne?" Her sisters reply is
when are you going to give me yourS?"
The fashion game is Finding Mate" for
your bracelet we're told.
Mrs. Ruth has her antique trademark which
consists of oval porcelain pin she picked around 1880
in the Flea Market The cherubs on the 4-inch long by
2nch wide French antique hand painted in pink and
blue on white.
Twin bracelets numerous pairs of the gold bangle
variety of the Middle East faScnae Pauline Trigee who
wears % of them fashion reporter once asked her what
aSoY1tPd he
for every romance" She said she stunned when
read the article later to discover the reporter had quoted
in that fashion When she recently in Japan the
bracelets proved completely fascinating to of Gesha
girls They asked to how she wearing
for prize from the big businessman who was giving
dinner party Pauline attended.
IT'S WORTH TRIP-n you're going to be in New
York after Tuesday May by all means run over to
Brooklyn to the Museum and one OF the major fashion
exhibitions OF the year.
approximately so original gowns designed by Charles
Frederick Worth have been assembled under the direction
Robert Riley research consuan to the Edward c.
Blum Design Laboratory Pages from the sketchbooks OF
the great French coutier who opened his establishment
Paris in the late 1850 will also be exhibited Hailed
the founder of the French haute couture Worth numbered
Expresses. Queens and every Of importance or
notoriey in Europe and America among his clientele.
Once, the House Of Worth able to provide.
weeks notice Empress Eugene and her palace guests one
thousand dresses not one of which could remotely resemble
the other.
For sixty years the House of Worth was magic symbol
Of French elegance Worth and adaptations
from the Barba Coast OF San Francisco to the court OF
Gear Nicholas l.
In England, under British label, Queen Victoria
Worth Along with the clothes from 1858 to 1908
roughly, there will be illuminated ransparences of
traits of Worth customers painted by Winerhaer Duran
Sargent ReniOr, and BOldni.
Because the shaping of the Worth designs were i'm
portant well as ingenious. small gallery off to
side of the exhibition will be devoted to underpinnngs
corset crnones. in short, all the aids used to
attain their fashionable figures The original Thomson
cage introduced by Worth in the 1905 will also be in the
exhibit.
The exhibit Of the fashion wares Of THE Daddy Of
EN- ALL" is well worth visit by the student Of fashion
history.