Looking Forward

The frocks sketched belong to this season but have a touch of the next. The black silk, formal, plain, with fitted corselet waist, and bodice and skirt fullness, has an engaging ruffle of white eyelet embroidery at neck and wrists. The same ruffling will lend distinction to a fine woollen in the same style for autumn.

Perhaps you will buy a piece of plaid silk at the sales. Make it up as simply as possible, with short sleeves and a slim waist. Wear a narrow belt. (Belts for autumn will be narrow or of medium width). You'll want a coatee to make it a town outfit. Face the lapels with plaid. This gay jacket may pair off, at times, with something plain from your wardrobe—and watch that plain frock perk up in good company!

Here's another idea for a dress fillip. Buy a velvet remnant and some narrow gold braid. From the velvet make thongs or “strings,” and arrange six or seven of them to make a collar. Fasten in position, every few inches, by a cross-piece of gold braid. Make a belt in the same way.

As it's sale time, you may be buying silk dress-lengths for winter afternoons at home. Plan carefully before having frocks made up. Aim at the new silhouette which is youthful and flattering, with its low-placed front fullness and flat back. Don't worry unduly if your waist is not of Victorian dimensions. A careful choosing of styles will create the necessary optical illusion and take inches, apparently, off your beltline.