Evening Star Newspaper, October 4, 1931, Page 53

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. (. OCTOBER 4, 1931—PART THREE. 15 Muffs and Jackets Are Featured for Daytime and Evening - " Above, center, evening gown of pinky-beige faille silk with a draped-up tunic. The front of the tlw,‘nll#lflg,' is trimmed with a bunch of pink and russet tafieta tulips. et i By Mainbocher. Next to it, a Worth model of black as two double ruffles on the chiffon brocaded with iwhite #lvet and trimmed with 3 g e . i o, 3 . r.kirr which rise toward the back black aulle frills embroidered s in apron effects and strass shoulder straps. Next to it, a black taffeta gown, by Lyolene, with cartridge pleating at the bottom of the skirt and a pleat- ed capelet effect on the bodice, Lucile Paray uses a charming color effect in the un- usual lace gown. The background. af the lace is black, while the incrusted blossoms are of blue lace. She adds 1 shoulder bouquet of blue flowers to complete the effect. Center, a white satin gown designed by Lucile Paray. It treatment at the neck and hipline, a nipped- in waistline and a tiny peplum are interesting details of a gold lame evening gown designed by Martial and Armand. The sun- 3 pleated skirt is very graceful and the off-shoulder decolletage provides a quaint suggestion of 1 S ‘Need Sense of Balance For Effective Dress Unusual bow A three-quarter-length evening coat, designed by Jane Regny. black satin lined with apricotcolored mousseline and trimmed black fox collar which is wrapped around one arm to form a muf. With Period Styles Running Riot, Well| Dressed Women Reserve Them for Evening, | While Daytime Dresses Remain Simple. | HE delicate sense of bzlance a requisite of d. is more than this Autumn. an the tight- ded by the ar her clothes might irreverently term washerwoman style. If you prefer the sheath silhouette, with modifications, you may have your evening dress fitted to the knees and then have it swirl into soft ruffies to the flocr, cr you may prefer the siihou- with two tiny ruffles rising in the to hint at a Lustle. | In the evening wraps, too. there is a wide field from which to choose. The 3 t furless vrap, with the full puff sleeves : clothes for daytime wear show caught into a tightly crushed cuff. is an how little €} pears on the intercsting type. A wrap with a dis- best of g informal hours. | tinct suggestion of other days, yet one Puffed slec pt in ve ibtle | which can b> worn with gowns of mod- form, and all the other delight n feeling, is velvet, trimmed with avagar of the pericd s ten, with which is carried a tiny 1ld be reserved for the ve d muff of velvet trimmed with & ress which es the late quet hours. Morning clothes remain Short jackets and muffs are important ple as one could wish. for all types of dress. In the daytime Drapery is applied to the jackets are usually pary of a suit, mode in man: sometimes of fur. and the muff is often val is & d of the large pillow variety, with & purse woman who wishes to w to the best advanta A sbade too much of conserv here. mere shadew (oo little flect of the costume is tism T4l "’\* the evening Distinctly medie with sunburst pleated skirt and unusual trimming around the decolletage and on the hips. The bodice is deflnitely nipped in at the waist, with a tiny peplum ruffie below it. There is 2 dress with simply draped bodice and a tunic draped in what we fear some conzealed within it, or small and bar- rel shaped. For evening the very short jacket with the peplum is the perfect accompaniment for the bustle-backed gown. and a frivolous muff of velvet or silk completes the costume. e e e, Furs From All Countries | Sable Most Valuable and, Like Mink, Comes | From Weasel Type of Animal—Fox Furs in | Wide Variety—Many Other Selections. Left, a dress of saxe blue georcette accompapied by a short velvet and sable wrap and a tiny squirrel muff of velvet trimmed with pink and blue flowers. Green veliet wrap trimmed with marten and shirrings. Both costumes by Martial and Armand. Furless evening jacket with unusual sleeves, designed by Irene Dana. It is of Lyons velvet, and its only trimming is shirred ribbons on the sleeves. Right, Molyneux evening gowns of green lace with a drop- BY MARY MARSHALL. rease]-! i R et | e ol wige and ke suaseitionofialneis i HERE has been more effort spent | Mal. It shades from light to dark re | this season to devise new D:nu“’““ brown with darker stripes at the beguiling ways of using fur than | Center of the back. ; | Baum marten, still another weasel B ; i fur,is'a fine fur that somewhat re.|with white. Ble fox is an Arc- of brown or red is most highly prized. | Chinchilla the finest in texture of all e ynx in its undyed cont on is gray | fur, of a vi it e umyEiartin | U5 apécibsidtfalats (o drabieolors. Redi) RS ST TUIOL SRINIC L BT ey T ee iro® outh lighter, less valuable skins are some. 10X When undyed, has a rich reddish | he tips of the ears and elsewhere. It America. times dyed to imitate sable. | brown tone. Gray fox ranges from light | is offen dyed a deep black. | " "Ermine, one of the most precious of = 5 | to dark gray with tail tipped with black. Caracul is really a variety of astra- | furs, belongs to the weasel group. The tl o | Kamchatka fox is the finest type of red | khan which is derived from a Russian Winter coat of the animal is of the F the fox furs, sfiver fox is usually | fox, and kit fox is a less valuable fox sheep. The term astrakhan is applied purest white with a black-tipped tail, mest highly valued. Actuelly & |f & light gray color usually dyed to imi- only fo the pelts that have been dyed while the Summer color is beige. varlety of red fox, it is of a very dark | tate the more valuable furs. White fox black, while caracul is dyed platinum, Kolinsky is another weasel fur, which brown with pointings of single white | is an Arctic species which is sometimes b e sand and olher‘hzht shades. comes from Siberia. Its natural tone ; res i . Sunday | than four inches long. It shades from |hairs strewn among the darker fur.|dved to imitate the higher-priced vari- | fs tawny brown. T s i they | light chestnitt brown to & deep brown, | Cross fox is,another varlety Of sed fox:| ehtes. EAVER, the best of which comes| Leopard comes from Asia and Africa, promise to be of distinct importance in [and the darker the tone the mocre It is valued next to silver fox | Good quality squirrel, from Russia from North America, is one of the while leopard cat comes from South the Autumn and Winter wardrobe of | highly it is valued | and blue fox and has black legs|and Siberia, ranks with the valuable most qurable of furs. It is a dense,| America, Mexico and portions of the well dressed women. : | Mink, also one of the precious furs,'and shoulders and & dark tail tpped furs. A clear gray tone without cast ! velvety fur of a deep, soft brown. | | | past six months, or possibly an inch longer. This longer skirt for street wear would be necessary if for no other reason than that the new type of hat— which has gone over with such a tre- mendous_success in this country—de- mands the long, graceful lines of a longer skirt Evening dresses of the formal sort are decidedly lcnz, just escaping the to invent new or seemingly L from the floor. This is the new boot- hnte (0L Lut, And) PHbde 1) o top length—using a term that had & very definite revival of interest in the more definite bearing on the situation | traditional sorts of fur in undisguised when women actually wore boots, or | forms. . | s facts that you s high shoes as we often called them. |, Fere are some 3 Tou sl kncw about the usual sorts of fur used As a compromise between the 8-inch | this seasor aftornoon dress and the very long eve- | Sable, known as Russian sable, the le fur of all, is the peltry ning dress, thcre are ankle-length | most valuable 3 dresses for less formal evening wear. |Of & Weasel type of animal not more e New Hats Call For Long Skirt The question of skirt lengths is no longer the matter of reme impor- tance that it was a seascns ago, | and while the adjustment of precisely floor, resting on it at all sidss cr trail- the right hemline is essentfal to the |ing slightly at the back. Scmetimes success of any dress, it is something |there is a separate train-that hangs as that is easily settled |a panel from the belt at the back of Daytime dresses are about the same |the skirt length that they have been for the' Afternoon dresses are 8 or 10 #hches | United States, b Maggy Rouff designed the green velvet dress revers scalloped cuffs, wluc‘ repeat the scallo) line of the dress. The gray flannel dress on Mainbocher, is enlivened by a red velvet belt. Al Worth uses black striped broadcloth for the Jjacket with its broad shoulders, slim hips and nipped-in-waist. The revers dud the small muff wre of white ermine, Mufls anid muf-purses wra & part of :miany. o the mew costumes, The large slsnk wi @bove, designed by Worth, has & pocket Concealed intide i. An ensemble designed by Jane Regny. The dress is of brown maro- cain trimmed with rose beige crepe de chine, The sleeve and collar treatment are echoed in the brown woolen coat trimmed with beaver. Dol- man sleeves, as used in both dress and coat, are very smart this season.