The Washington herald. [volume], June 11, 1916, Image 25

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Black satin, blue straw and white feather.
Navy blue .an of serge, on the left, and on the right a model Inaf eilk
the same color.
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7buedof sacetreme ith efr and th ight a todel a silk.
SUMMERF
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Summser furs, as everybody knows
this timeae an .anklih-d fact.
faashto in last summer,
and they are still in fathion. Pe
hap they will stays much. in fash
ton as straw hats on the irst of
January seem to be a permanent,
perennial fashion.
But if you have sables, put them
away. Buy fox, ermine, seal or mole
skin.
The most characteristic summer furs
are flat shoulder scarfs, some of them
long enough to reach fairly to the
knees. They are worn loosely aliout
the shoulders.
Whole fox skins, too, are in fashion,
and although they look anything but
comfortable on a very warm day, they
are decidedly comfortable in the moun.
tains or at the shore on cool evenings.
So let us accept them for what there
is in them, and wear them with reserva
tions.
The Touch of 1aok.
It must be a surprising thing to the
bride or other casual visitor from thee
small country town to New York or
other. large and fashionable cities, to
note that almost everybody is dressed
in a dark, color. We read much about
bright colored suits, we see many bright
colored frocks in the afternoon and
evening at dances and dinners and
the theater. But in the street by far
nine-tenths of the smartly dressed
women wear suits of black, dark
blue or some other very dark shade.
Dark colors are far more effective,
for street wear, than bright ones. That
seems to be the decision that women
have reached.
It is not only the all-black suit that
is effective. It is also the touch of
black that makes a frock what it should
be.
Sometimes this is in the design of the
fabric-there are printed dimities, with
floral designs, and a tiny line of black
running through the $tems and leaves.
There are voiles with a bit of black
mingled with the color used for the con
ventional design. Many silks have a
little black worked into their design.
Then there is the bit of black cleverly
Below are three s
dency
Two coats
LRS, TINYI
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applied as trimming. Flchus or ruches
f Georgette crepe are whipped at the
=dge with a black silk thread. Black
girdles are used. Black pipings and
cordings are used. Black and white
are smartly combined.
The successful dressmaker, like the
ancient Egyptian designer understands
the val, of the line of black in har
monizing and emphasizing other col
ors; and he uses it according to his
anderstanding.
The Tiny Eat.
Still the tiny hat reigns.
The big, shady hat is also in fashion.
But for practical wear, for motoring,
for the occasional shopping trip which
must be made even in te summer, and
for much of the practical work of coun
try life, the small hat is still chosen.
It is convenient, it is becoming. And
although the wide-brimmed hat is de
cidedly preferable for sunny days when
one nust be exposed to the sun, the
narrow brimmed hat or the hat with
out a brim is chosen for most of the
rest of one's daily life.
,The small hat, too, is so attractive1y
made this summer that it is worn with
the summer afternoon frock in many
forms. Chief of these is the Watteau
hat, a flat plateau of straw, tipped up
over flowers or ribbon at the back,
slightly trimmed on top, and often with
streamers of ribbon for a finish.
The Convenient Neck Ribbon.
Whenever "separate" blouses and
shirtwaists are in fashion, as they are
this year, the neck ribbon is in demand.
For it means a neat and becoming fin
ish at the neck.
This is a season of shirtwaists and
blouses. Hence it is a season of smart
little neck fixings.
The most usual and perhaps most
effective sort is the ribbon of half-inch
width, usually of bright color, that is
placed about the neck, and fastened in
some manner at the point of the v
shaped opening of the blouse.
The fastening is sometimes in the
shape of a little slide of metal. some
times a little slide covered with silk
or ribbon, through which the two ends
mart models of black and navy blue
for dark colors in the smartest stri
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and a suit in taffeta silk, with brail
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rum, can be drawn as tight as
need . Sometimes the fasteng is a
tiny silk flower pnned in place with a
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diminutive pin. ometimes it is a hal
of silk through which the ribbons
run.
The ribbon ends are as varied as
the fastenings. They are often little
weighted balls, sometimes they are
button-like ornaments, sometimes they
are flowers. But always there is some
finish, usually weighted a bit to kee
it down.
Then there are picot edged ribbons, in
plain colors. Picot edged ribbon is
featured in many of the styles of the
summer, and it is especially smart with
sports blouses. It comes in all the
season's colors, of course, and should
be chosen, with a white blouse, in a
color matching the skirt.
There are also ties of striped crepe
de chine, in white and rose, white and
blue or white and green.
That the shirtwaist and blouse are
more in fashion than they have been
for several years needs no proving.
The sports coat and silk sweater have
brough; about this condition. They are
prettiet worn over a white or very
light blouse, and so the shirtwaist or
sheer muslin blouse, with separate
skirt, has come into great fashion.
This same reason accounts for the
fashion of the separate skirt. If there
are to be "separate" waists there must,
of course, be "separate" skirts. And
these there are in abundance. Some of
them are of awning stripes, in linen,
mohair and Palm Beach cloth, and
some of them are of striped pongee,
plain colored linen, cotton rep, white
serge, and silk crepe.
Especially pretty are those of heavy
oyster-white silk crepe, with pipings of
color.
One smart little skirt worn by a
woman who knows how to dress for
her own particular individuality-she is
slender-is made of black-polka-dotted
white wash silk. There is a rather high
waistline, and a peplum or little flaring
ruffle, not more than nine inches wide,
finishes the top of the skirt, thus giv
ing the fullness which fashion demands
at the hips.
that show the ten
et suits.
ied trimming
Tipped down at the front and up at the bac is this tiny saor het a
rose colored straw.
On the left Is an evening frock of deep roes atnd On de MSe
of turqu Wam e
Striped naaslin rok with Wattsahat Inteamae daers, bles and