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ne i | ! + See ost Dia RM AAT OME Tt a werd ea ~¥ a ~ The Makers Have Made Th _ and Good Taste Has Chosen Them as the Ideal Decoration for New and Remodelled Costumes. By Margery Wells. IRBONS are dangling from every off of ribbon in {ts many moods and R concelvable point of every Yariations dress, Ribbons are the thing for There are whole dresses made of iroas trimmings—yes, for the mak- ribbon, If you don’t Ike that idea, a dresses then there are blouses made of rib- , two major reasons for bon; and if you are ayerse to elther ite Of affeire und. th of those, then you will find eve: means for expression in the trim in the decorations of and of evening a and ‘all of their a First: The weavers of ribbons have mings of sults n inspiration from afternoon dress: unknown souree and have frocks and ¢ uchieved the most significant results accessortes: the production of colorful, beaut!- Ribbon the Keynote of an Evening Gown. As the fashion parades of the sea been visited with some glistening succes: Second: The styl of the present ason call for so many touches in the way of subtle, Interesting bits of rimming and decoration that they son take thetr way town the various take just naturally to the showing runways of the smart designers, we see more and more of ribbon appear ying in many and different guises * There ts the evening gown, for in- stance. It need not be trimmed with ribbon, but It can be made almost entirely of those vivid strips and turn out to be one of the most interesting é tA of any smart collection P y * dress in the picture ts made of G ‘ strips of ribbon posed in long panels over a foundation of net and satin. ‘ Then the bodice ts made of silver . ribbon and there ts added as a sort of extra decoration an arrangement - of blossoms extending along onaside 4 of tho bodice and over on the skirt— theso being made of strips of ribbon ‘ in many bright colors folded into rose- buds and yarlous sorts of differing flowers Ribbons are just as youthful as they can be, and girls will find them belpful in the matter of fixing over thetr old last winter's party frocks which have not enough fullness or not enough of this and that to make them a success in the modern way of fashion thinking. Ribbons for the Street Dress Not only for dress-up affaira but for fashions which have to do with the simplest of everyday gowns do the ribbons get in their heavy work. On the street you will be seeing them in many guises, and {f you are think- ing of making over a dress or of con- structing one out of old materials you will find the vivid new ribbons more of a help than anything else you will be able to find on the counters for the same price and the same rate of deeorative interest. On this page there {s a picture of a The Tiny Toque Has Its Place in Fashion By Janet Winslow. HB toque is ¢ r of or and style without whieh the street. It stays on. That |s suit itself would mar to luok lke It is then embroidered in many bright its chief claim to far colors after the Russian manner, and st has that air of smartness and st f ‘ ed bits of braiding are inserted so which is indispensable to the street gray of the tand that they shall give that brightn hat for the full { al t the wh and uty for which the moder Ther the vy toqu t *t t I scart and hat sets are noted embroidery vat 0 ‘ There is nothing better than the picture. And hat whtek Ke he tee tho “other tam o'shanter to be worn with t very much w naturally to t ¢ ¢ atric sport suit. Somehow, tts segular sort of embroide ' TDAL t8'¢ lines seem to conform with the lines rather than the Ste woyl wv the serenity of the tweed and to all over the p ' ° a ' a for her they make the very most tn eolors and deviuti mut the tweed ing sort of a setting for the The regular little dots of The tw t t no shoulders and head when the suit has been cut and designed over a mannish fa the picture are the thing which denying that fact. And {t renlty needa wends that hat on to ta 8 sands hhat und mar F be worn tthe neck pattern, @ part of the modern erm of hat which Vashon ieee emation Yor the t muita ¢ 1 yihing else, but prefeu.bly a _ A Suit of this vartety sults 6o many must be that thing which sui pas A pearl dues not carte ith, Sorts of needs that it te almost neces to the tone of the modern street « t the formallty of a piees of hand- S@°¥ to have a hat and things which tume. They must be regular in de and while some giles Hke 8 With it to make tt look tte most sign and of not too many colors for pearance ef a pleco of raccoon {teresting self. they are designed rather to carry out fur with th You can choose a foundation of any r tweed sults, there are Ribbons the Trimming DeLuxe of the Season. ey a tl zu feeling of the costume than to add anything to ft. This particular little hat happens to be made of maroon velvet and it is dotted with motifs of gold thread which gtye it its charac- ter and style. It is destined tr be worn with a dark gray tweod suit— ‘one of the lighter and finer varietios (eo that it shell add just that souch ( others which will have nothing to do with fur in this connection buc who absolutely demand a scart of one sort or another to accompany thelr suits made of the rougher materials, The scarf which is shown tn the picture is made of a tan wool velour which has all that aoftnomm about it which is destined >" ® foart and i color you wish for the hat and seart for they are both most simply fash foned, But then you must choone your embroidery colors with the ut- most care and attention, for they are the things that will draw the euit and the soarf and hat together wo that the effect of the whole will be samething worth while, Rae TEAL AAT AERIS LUN NMI 4 en RRR CaO MEE em Beautiful are lich has a wide band of rib: bon tied around the throat, from which arrangement there stream ends of the ribbon which make the salient feature of decoration for the whole Of cours there is draping to be on-—an essential f ure of the modern fashion. und there Is the quality of the material, which {s some- thing quite unique and beautiful, but then there is that touch of the flowing line of the stiffness of the ribbon, and that in Itself # ms to give character to the gown and the whole feeling of dress, the ® to the costume, which has been designed by one of the cley- erest artists In New York, Ribbons for Making’ Over ; Old Gowns. ‘Take one of the rather scantily draped gowns of last season. Add a touch of ribbon. And the whole de. sign seems to have reached a com. | pletion which it 1s not possible to con- ceive under any other conditions, You know how the evening dresses of last year were incomplete according to * modern ideas in the way of fulness and breadth and amplitude in the way of draping. Well, if you happen to have one of those that seems impos- sible In Its present state, then add a girdle of wide brocaded or plain metal ribbon and attach a bow at one side with long and generous ends and loops and you will find yourself in posses- sion of one of the handsomest of eve- ning gowns, and one that will satisfy you through many dances and many evening entertainments. You need not always take the way of discouragement when it comes in the adaptation of last year’s gown to this year's style, but you can, on the other hand, find every encouragement in the fact that this year there ts in- ia volved the principle of adding on. And ¢ then you need only to add the proper j constituent before you have achieved ; a desten which will be entirely satis- aS factory to yourself and most interest- he ing to the majority of your friends, / Ribbon Girdles Are Inter- A esting. g First there is the girdle of ribbon which reaches in a plain, straight, a 4 narrow line about the waist, wherever f that may be posed, and then there Is uv the bow which tops off that line and makes the arrangement of ribbon into the construction of @ sash, Once Top of page, left—Sllver rib- bons drip in panels over net and cerise velvet while rose- | | buds of ribbon trim the bodice, Top of page, right—Ribbons both narrow and wide contrib- ute to the smartness of this new street frock. Bottom of pa: above—The embroidered toques with acarfs to matoh are coming in for winter. Below—A toque of velvet In a deep maroon shade with eil- ver buttons used for ornamen- tation. pnennnenennasnennnennehhtind © Sn Tn ve ew eee ae Ot eee &y