Show dresses of spun glass now costume novelty glass slippers are not new but it has bein left to 1933 to produce an evening gown of the same material dressmakers like to experiment with new fabrics and this latest one certainly gives them plenty of scope but it requires careful handling it Is 1 spun glass and the very delicate threads would be broken if a sewing machine were used in making gar ments from it everything must be done by hand the stuff can how ever be cut with ordinary scissors f and the dresses made from it they are no heavier to wear than a good taffeta and their shimmering surface makes rhem them fascinating to look at they cin can even be washed though naturally not quite in the or L binary way they are cleaned with a cloth soaked n petrol or rubbed very gently with soapsuds will they catch on ahat 1 hat per haps Is not so easy to answer vi 1 om en are always interested in dress novelties but that doesn t feces barlly mean that they want to buy and wear them on the other ha hand if a few prominent people lead the way anere may be a keen dem demand C for the glass dresses |