| Show 1 k t 53 Worth of j c r A ao w V I Ir Ir r r a aa w Clo j 1 a J A 1 i J H Bow Jj Just M D Dollars il W Worth t f f r i ow Manny any 0 ars orth If T i I f t x y I of Finery a Woman Can fYan Wear Weart Weart t j t I o V 1 I t f 1 tJ st f i i h t 1 1 I I i Y at One Time and How She It a j 1 ti f Lt j i t I 1 l Y f ff f Ir Ire e Looks in the Costliest of t 61 1 0 i 1 I f I i t Costumes the 1 f t rt I I i t a U y i iA l- l lf f I 1 f Stores Can Cant A x II t t 9 Fr Yr Ii j 1 11 Supply W WY Y t I b i i IT Q i v t U f- f r z t 1 t it I t t I A z J 1 J 1 4 ff f f f l tW 1 I r i- i yI i f t W i vR R ti fir 1 j v ore t N t Y 1 S l w y r I n- n I for hi pal fi A R Y 5 at White Studio 11 The pink crepe satin costume sl lip ip with w ith its j S j Another view of the en en- en des deep flounce Bounce and corsage band of filet lace lace- r f 1 bringing into prominence price It is worn warn over a cone ece piece one pi t- t tc c the huge ostrich feather fan step in of gossamer batiste costing t y that that adds to the total L p C A i kl cr tuY G onan nF t r T OW many dollars worth of clothes HOW H can a woman wear at one timet time time time- I What is the costliest costume she she shecut cut cm put on if she goes to the tho limit of A representative of this newspaper has taken the pains to find the answers t I to these questions She re recently recently made madeI SLY the rounds of some of the most fashion fashion- fashionable fashionable able New York stores and selected from th the stocks they regularly carry the necessary essary articles of clothing and the vari vari- various various various ous accessories for a smart evening costume costume cos- cos costume tume In each case she tried to secure the most expensive thing of the kind to tobe tobe tobe be had bad in the city I When her task was finished she found the cost of th the costume she had selected was And this total mind you included not nota nota a penny of outlay for jewels It covered only what might be termed strictly articles arti arti- articles cles Iles of fur dress dress fur coat gown lingerie hosiery slippers and such accessories as asI scarf headdress bag handkerchief etc Now is a very sizable sum of money It is more than the great ma- ma majority majority ma majority of Americans are ever able to call their own At 6 per cent interest interest it would earn cam in a year which is more than most of our citizens lay their hands bands on in the same time And yet a single costume costing as much as this is no rarity The Too articles making it up are carried aU all the time in New Yorks York's best stores and are in steady demand The merchants say that not infrequently they have customers who express regret that they can find nothing still higher in price In the golden horseshoe of the Metro Metro- Metropolitan Metropolitan Metropolitan politan Opera House any evening you youcan youcan youcan can see at least a few women whose cos- cos costumes cos costumes costumes have cost more than apiece exclusive of the diamonds pearls and other jewels with which they gleam And this as the recent investigation has shown is about the limit of costliness for a single costume To show you what a youn young woman looks like when wearing more than worth of clothes charming Miss Verona Oakley was arrayed in the very things which this newspapers newspaper's represent represent- representative representative representative had bad selected in her round of the stores the the e sable coat the evening evening gown and all the too rest and rest and a series of photo photo- photographs photographs graphs of her ber wearing the cos- cos costume cos costume tume is reproduced on this page to-day to Of course the fur coat is by far the costliest item in this never mind the never expense costume In the Fifth Avenue store of H Jaeckel d Son which loaned the garment for Miss Oakley to pose in it is is priced at As J a little arith- arith arithmetic arith arithmetic will quickly show it thus accounts for almost 95 per cent of the worth of clothes But it is a garment of such rare beauty that every woman will think it well worth the pr price t to anybody who Jwell can afford such a queenly luxury Of Russian sable it is unusually rich richin in color and its skins ikins are matched to exquisite perfection To see sec it is to regret regret that sucha such a magnificent creation X The fit f i 2000 evening evening gown in which white chiffon ye- ye vel velvet vet ermine and exquisite Vene Vene- Venetian Venetian tian lace are combined with rich rich- richness richness ness and simplicity must lie hidden for long hours in the cloakroom and cannot be displayed at dinner or in the ballroom or in the operas opera's golden horseshoe The next most expensive thing in th the costume is the gown This ravishing ex- ex example example ex example ample of the fashion creators creator's art is from Boue Soeurs and is priced at 2000 It is of soft white chiffon velvet with witha a deep band of regal ermine anda and a won won- wonderful wonderful wonderful flounce of genuine handmade Venetian lace Falling gracefully from the shoulder to the hipline is a gleaming silver handmade flower with trailing stem and decorative leaves The dress combines richness with the simplicity which good taste de- de demands de demands mands wands A AThe The costume sli slip slip- and the y piece one piece one step-in step chemise worn runder under t this this is gown are also from the the house of Boue Doue Soeurs The former farmer is priced at and Ithe the latter at The chemise is of batiste exquisitely embroidered with handmade filet lace The cos cos- costume cos- cos costume costume tume slip is of crepe satin in ina ina ina a delicate flesh tint and filet lace s forms the deep flounce and the corsage band The slippers are from a de- de design design de design sign by Luciole the well well known Paris and a were imported by Ben Lewis The pair of them add 75 to the cost of the costume I brocade Fashioned of silver metallic brocade the slippers are charmingly ver trimmed with silver sil- sil silver sil heels ver kid and have rhinestone heels beels of remarkable brilliance Vj To accompany such slippers as these of course only im- im imported imported im imported ported hosiery of the sheerest thread silk will do The cost costis costis costis is 25 a pair The headdress fan scarf and other accessories c costing sting in all are from the establishment of Weiss Bruck-Weiss It having been stipulated that no jewels were to be he included in the outlay the atthe headdress chosen is one priced at the comparatively modest figure of But it isa is a beautiful thing of silver leaves handmade and the most expensive expensive sive lve of its kind to be found The fan is a huge affair of ostrich feathers in a deep liquid green that seems to melt right into the costume The bag is an antique fashioned of of beads in the most gorgeous colorings For a scarf one of Spanish Spanish- design was selected all all snowy white of the most delicate texture tenure and richly embroidered and fringed r r n I fr frI I y yer er 1 7 w 1 hf W e N 1 S t N sl l rP fY ti yin i t P k ry r t F j no nos s yf i r a as s v vt t q t rd t j t 4 f r f 77 I k 1 S rl d a S i id d Miss Verona Oakley in a pose which shows to excellent advantage the beauties of the coat of Russian sable and the lace and ermine trimmed chiffon the gown two most costly items in the costume t that wax assembled to show just how expensive one can be The imported dippers costing 75 a pair pair They are are brocade with trimmings trimming of silver kida kid a and cI gleaming rhinestone heels heel A of linen so tine fine that it seemed almost transparent and adorned with a broad border of rose point lace completed the costume with a dainty crowning touch This is th the sort of If f costume any woman can gather together to-morrow to if she has the means and the inclination to walk into the smartest stores and make her selections lons from the most expensive things of their kind By different choices in the matter of accessories she might be able to add few hundred dollars to the total but it is doubtful if she ehe could carry it much if any beyond not if she confined herself exclusively to things carried regularly in stock-and stock not specially imported or manufactured for her The establishing of as as about the limit of expense to which one can cango cango cango go in the the- purchase of a c complete eve eve- eveninG evening eve evening ning costume over the counter in New NewYork NewYork NewYork York to- to today day lay bears bears out the experience which which a western millionaire and the beauty who has since become hi his bride had not long ago The day the millionaire won the young womans woman's promise t to marry him he was wasso wasso wasso so her overjoyed that he deposited her to-her credit ina in a trust company and told her to go out to the stores and to 1 t by Ina Mr use every penny of it to buy the finest costume to be fur had had fur coat gown hosiery and slippers lingerie and all aU the accessories Never mind about jewels the mil mil- millionaire millionaire mil millionaire said Ill attend to those But be sure you buy only the most costly of things In celebration of our engage engage- engagement engagement engagement ment I want to see you as expensively Gowned as any woman in the city If you need more than the to to get the best of everything let let me know The young woman joyfully obeyed these instructions but when she had bought and paid for her fur coat and gown and all the other details of the costume she she found she still hada had bad a bal bal- balance balance bal balance ance of nearly to her credit in inthe Inthe inthe the bank When she reported this to her fiance he was fearful that she had not been careful to search search out the most ex- ex ex 1 pensive things and he insisted on mat mal maling mating ing lag a round of the shops with her But he be was finally forced to admit that about worth of clothes isas is as much much-es s a w woman man can wear at one time under present present conditions Very probably however it will not be belong belong belong long before the limit of expense for a single costume is p pushed shed to a still higher figure Women who are able to spend as muchas much as for tor a coat gown and the various things that go with them have the means usually means to spend many times that amount and they are all the time demanding of the fashion creators more and more expensive things to wear New ways of adding expense to a cos- cos costume cos costume tume fume are continually being devised and some day soon we shall doubtless see women wearing as muchas much as or worth of clothing at one tima 1 |
