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Show Magical Touch of Ribbon for Gowns Combination of Gay Strands May Be Used to Obtain Winsome Effects. Every woman should have a silk negligee adapted to her personality. They are simple and easy to make. A plain one-piece pattern is used to cut It out. After that everything depends de-pends on the application of trimming at the right places. A wide, flowered Batin riiihon may he draped over the left shoulder, coming to a low waist-lire waist-lire on the right side and tying in a huge how. If the material of the kimpuo Is a coral silk the ribbon shorJd have the coral color as a background, back-ground, but could also show tones of blue, green and gold. A bertha made of the wide, soft satin ribbon would be equally as effective, ef-fective, especially if decorated at opening with a few colorful ribbon tloweis. A iinel of wide, soft ribbon may reach from the shoulder to the floor, the last foot lying on the floor and ending in a heavy gold tassel. This panel hangs free from the negligee and, being on the side back instead of the center back, may be draped over the arm becomingly. There are moderately priced plain silk negligees and kimonos in the shops that could be treated with ribbon rib-bon and turned into a thing of beauty instead of being merely a practical garment. The combination of a number of ribbons is a feature of dresses. There is such a variety of beautiful ribbons, exquisitely shaded or shirred or scalloped, scal-loped, that an Infinite variety of combinations com-binations is afforded. In combining a number of ribbons, it Is not necessary that the colors match, but they should be so selected as to afford harmony either through the blending or the contrast con-trast of colors and of texture. For Instance, a deep bertha, which adds a modish note to any frock, may be made as follows: First, an almond green ribbon, three Inches wide. Is used. It should be the kind of a ribbon that has a gathering gath-ering thread along one edge and is scalloped along the other. The gathering gath-ering thread Is pulled just enough to fit the neckline of the dress and t allow the scalloped edge to lie flat. The next ribbon used should be a green plise, a shade lighter than almond al-mond and six Inches wide. One edge is attached to the first ribbon Just under the scalloped edge. The ribbon falls over the shoulder but does not flare. On the contrary it hugs the shoulders closely, the shirred center allowing room for the curve of the shoulders. A greea ombre ribbon, three Inches wide, is next attached. It should have a scalloped edge or a gold edge. Instead of using shades of one color, two or three, or even four, pastel shades might be combined. Or two colors, such as gold and blue would be effective. The ribbon bertha on a dress requires re-quires another ribbon touch either at girdle or bottom of skirt. in plain white may be made more attractive at-tractive matched to Hie color scheme by a painted border. Bead fringe, which can be purchased by the yard and glued on, also adds a great deal of style to simple frosted-glass shades. Any color can thus be brought out to emphasize the color scheme of the room. |