10
THE CHINA MAIL.”
SATURDAY, AUGUST 15,
Tais Blach Satin
Enable
Finishes it. Frock with a White Crope Top,
and Stripes Ita
White Crepo
Scarf
with the Sijn.
Fabric Combinations
in Black and White
***
This Striking Two-Color Mode is
Illustrated with Four
.
Ensembles Made of. Satin and Crepe in Varied Designs, with Slippers of Either Color.
い
By Mme. Frances
The Famous Creator of Fashions
T
WHE COMBINATION of two- fabrics has appeared among the more smartly dressed Women off and on during the
Summer, and now this fetching fashion bursts upon us as an established mode.
ha
So affertyyn as the que of black
and white crere that I bave recurring calls for costumes
which combined these two mediums. The drawings on this page are repro- ductions of the last four costumes I have designed.
The smartly dressed woman never grows tired of the combination of black and white, She favors it in batfits of the type shown here, and she likes it in the tiny cheeks which are unusual now because they are seem less often. The white dress with fine pipings of black, or the black frock with fine white pipings, are expressions of the favor accorded this striking contrast.
The drawings speak for theta- selves, so there is really little-nced- to go into explicit descriptions. Where the costume is an ensemble, the upper part of the frook is usually white crepe, with the lower partion
the dress black satin, and the short coat of black satin lined with
the crepe.
The ensemble of the large figure is Most effective, with the deep V slit in its black satin cost to reveal the white beneath, and the wide white erepe scarf striped with applied benda of the black satin.
The chic little costume at the right is ao smart in the design of its simple coat and frock that anyone would do well to have the same model copied later on, in Fall materials. Jersey
or kaaba, for instance, in ten and brown would make a most effective little suit to be worn during the first days of early Antuma..
The vogue for black and white la present at all times of day. Costumes in these two colors are worn for afternoon «dresa joeća. sons, and the morning sporte affairs exploit black and white la linan, crepe or flannel, more often than any other, combination.
For evening, the vogue for b nolor chiffon daude frocks again favors black and white as its most at- tractiva interpretation. For instance, #1 a recent opening of one of the smartest New York supper clubs, there was an ̈ex- tremely well-dressed gathering which in
loded various actresses of stage and serven fame. Among them, the black and” white' shiffon dance frock was the most outstand- ng fashion of this evening. At the same, dms, the models exploiting this bi-color made differed sufficiently in line and treat- ment so that no two of them were alike.de
For lastance, a dashing Httle screen-favor, ́ite appeared in a dress with straight.
sortiss of white chiffon, and an extra full -
upper
Insol Treatments of White Crepe Are
■ Feature of This Black Satin Sult
founes from the knees all of black chiffon, “With thiw #bo selected white stockings and white satin slippers, The only note of colors was a tiny pink rose tucked in her dark hair, which was rolled low at the back
24 of hár neck. The effect: was very
My striking indeed.
„Another black and white chiffon had its décolleté, long-sleeved bodice made of white
solid color, either black or white, with the cóstding which explaif
and this bodies extended deprcum the very (3Zsoltina, ind. I always prefer allppers of full black skirt in slender polots.” The skirt beneath was white, and the entire boclinhwan dotted with plented petals of white Another smart black chilen OWE Fall over with vertical 20%E6%
baad fringe, the rows upland. ipohor apa
Most-
panled
The Black Saile Suit
· (at the Night)--
In Worn with a White Crepe. Blouse and Bas
White Trimming on Its Cost.
A very good looking street slipper from the French is of black patent leather with a white design outlined in red traced over its surface,
The Wh Crepe Festk Abs) I Worn with a Black Satin Coal
Lined to Match.
This Could Be Copied in Two Tones.
of Jersey
for Fall.
Speaking of combinations, the use of two contrasting fabrics promises to play a more important part in fashions with the ' coming of Pall:"Frocks and coats from the Freneb openings are prone to combine vel wet and taffeta, or kasba and satin, and this tendency will doubtless become more promi- ment as the season advances, pregna
At present, contrasting materials are „favored in blouse and skirt ensembles, with very good effect. For instance, gray crepe satin makes a very attractive blouse, to be worn with a gray georgette-skirt which- achieves its fuinem by a series of Inverted pleats across the front. Another smart Jacquette of black velvet is worn with" a white slip that furnishes, the pleated skirt and also note au'à vestenje
Summer underthings also show Laver for black and white in chiffon sets which inelude. nightgown, combination and slip. The smart shops which soll underthings exclusively are featuring" window displays of these cool- } looking chiffon underthings. The night- cargus are often made with little black okes that extend up over either, in alender, polats, with the rest of of: plented white chifon. The
follow-this: SAMO,
Joke giving
Fashion Forecast
Silk Frocks with inset vestr of white wash material are finding favor with smart women.
France
Another smart indication of the vogue i ja. black and white is keen in the hew wide chiffon weight hose. These come with a stocking of the pair showing a slender open- *work auklet, which gives the effect of ar ankle bracelet.The same design is als seen in tan chiffon hose with a russet-colored yanklet, the effect being the samo as that given by a fine gold chain auklet worn be- neath the stocking, a vogue which was smart several seasons igo, g
For the early Fall openings, another uss of black and white which I have in mind in for the afternoon gown, featuring silky - bladik velvet used in combination with heavy.
white setin showing a lustrous finish.
To return to Summer fashions, the variou hotel roofs about the city are gay just now with evening dancers, who come out with varied and interesting dance frocks, most of, them of excessively simple design, d iry One interesting and very cool looking izdance dress was made entirely of fine black lana. The bodigo was moulded rather ofóssá 4th the Byare and finished with a bategit neck, and long, ming sleeves. The flounce, which Loomes from the bodice a towered kipling complete nirole of the bleak lacs. An other dangë dress, mors naive in suggestion,
Jakition with insets of land.
wad
Page 10Page 11