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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (March 23, 1924)
This smart thre^-piece costume has a re versible coat of kasha cloth. One side is black crepe to match the frock and the other is white kasha cloth effectively trimmed with black braid and ermine ITK vogue of tailored lines is re flected in the newest one-piece frocks of twill, crepe or alpaca. These are characterized by a slender simplicity that is extremely youthful in effect. The silhouette continues straight and narrow, and although pleating, godets and flounces are used for variety, the lines manage to remain the slender, sylph-like ones the smart woman re fuses to abandon. The majority of these , frocks are black. The strongest feature of the spring mode is unquestionably the Vvide accept ance accorded the tailored suit. This will reach the proportions of a national uniform, so eagerly has it been adopted by American women. Strange to say, this severe type of costume is equally popular in Paris, doc mainly to O'Roe sen, whose suits became famous early ia the spring of 1923. These tailored costumes will be worn by every smart woman this spring on the street. While following the mannish outlines we always associate with this type of costume, the new tailleur yet manages to be subtly feminine in its ultimate effect. This feminine note is achieved by a faint pinched-in effect on the majority of coats, by the touch of white pique or organdie in the form of reveres, waistcoats or gilets, hy a gardenia in the battonbole, and by the invariable accompaniment of a bright scarf which is either worn tied high about the throat in stock effect or is allowed to appear just inside the reveres of the coat. It is this gay touch of color that makes this season’s tailored mode a very different thing from the modes of other years. Next in importance is the vogue of the black silk day frock. Tailored linen also characterize this, and the majority of these youthful affairs of black crepe A slender dinner gown of black crepe is enlivened by a novel trimming of ostrich on the stcirt and by a jewel studded girdle Ho Chino, satin or th« now silk alpaca arc en livened by white collars and cuffs or a touch oT white braid. When trim ming appears it is used with the utmost Hi sere turn, for it ts the object of the couturiers to keep theac frocks simple, tailored and youthful in appearance. An unusually smart model that would bn effective at any season of the year is shown here to-day. This js of soft, black crepe, very straiftht in lino and has several features that at once estab lish it as of tbo new mode. Most im portant of thene is the oval-shaped upron of embroidered batiste that starts wilh straps on the shoulders and gradu ally flams into nn oval-shaped piece that continues below the waistline. This smart white touch appears again In tiny eufTs on the short, sleeves, and it is this feature that gives the frock its youth ful appearance. Kqually important as establishing the date of this froek is its skirt a very slender ylTuir with a finely pleated apron. This apron and embroidered bib A day frock of fine black rep has an interesting trimming 4 of narrow surer hrauL Surer nau fringe edges the organdie collar and cuffs effort are naive touches that nave mocn to do with the chic appearance of the costume. A very charming hat accompanies this demure costume, one that reflects in its lines and trimming the youthful simplicty of the frock. Of course it is a cloche, for as long as the shingled bob is worn we shall see these tiny, close-fitting affairs. This one is of black satin, with the crown made in sections. A narrow band of white grosgrain rib bon ends in flat loops on one side. In spite of its youthful simplicity, the three-piece costume shown on this page to-day is so thoroughly up to date and so characteristic of the best of this sea son’s modes that it presents the appear ance of the utmost sophistication. This costume is an interesting com bination of two materials. The frock is crepe de Chine and the coat is a reversi ble affair of kasha cloth, black on one side and white on the other. The photo graph shows the black side out. At the front edges is a trimming of ermine and at the pockets are several bands of white braid. When this coat is reversed black braid takes the place of the white.. Very youthful and straight of line is the frock. It is plain to the extent of severity and therein lies its smartness. A touch of white braid at the neckline, sleeves and at the girdle is its only con cession to ornamentation. The becoming cloche is of fine ptcot straw with a narrow brim turning up in front and disappearing entirely in back. At each side of the crown and falling over the brim are loops of black satin ribbon. Very fine black rep makes the simple ce piece bouse frock shown an thia page. Again its characteristic feature is simplicity, and again we are reminded of the smartness of an apron skirt. Tbs apron in this case is perfectly plain. jAn amusing and decidedly novel trim ming decorates the bodice. This is rows of very narrow silver braid in litilo tri angular motifs. It appears only on the front of the bodice, but the silver motif is repeated in the edging of the or gandie collar and cuffs—a tiny, old fashioned hall fringe. The smart, small hat is a combined cloche and tricorne. The ekwe-fitting rrnwn is reminiscent of the cloche, hut the narrow, threr-cornered brim rolls back in the manner of the tricorne. It is made of black Milan, trimmed with a cocardo of pleated riblwin at one side. Itlack is slowly hut surely creeping into the evening mode. The gradual change from the brilliantly colored cos tames of last season nn<j the plain black satin affairs sponsored by many lead ing designers for early spring wear was effected by the introduction of sheer Mark laee or tulle frocks over founda tions, of flesh or rink satin or silver cloth. A dinnor gown that breathes the very essence of simplicity and yet gives th« appearance of the utmost sophistication A fn&g plattA apron skirt and m smart trinrmmg of embroidered batiste are fea tures of this de lightfully denture black crepe after noon frock is also shown on this paps. And this al» is black. This is a slender affair of black crep« marocain with a tight-tit ting bodice and a skirt that flares and ripples grace fully without spoiling the slim effort. An unusually novel trimming consist' ing of a wide hand of ostrich at the bottom of the skirt is responsible for much of this gown's smartness.