Ogden Daily Standard | 1919-04-03 | Page 5 | London Gorgeous These Evenings

I LONDON GORGEOUS THESE EHIIG5 ' I j ; London seemingly prefers the eve I Jiing in which to put forth her greats' great-s' ) est efforts in dress. In this sho dif-S dif-S 1 fers from Parfc, where the dinner i gown or the afternoon gown holds first I ! 'place. 1 5 At present there is a deluge of new I f evening dresses worn by the smartly I idressed women of London. One ex-lpecls ex-lpecls this, for in her evening gown I tithe English woman appears at her I ff best and the etiquette in regard to I sthe manner of wearing, time and place I has always been a point on which she I pis most punctilious. She is taking up J Ithe habit of her daily life exactly I where she laid it down, putting on her 1 evening habiliments when the clock 1 J. strikes the proper hour. I r Tall and frequently slender, she nat-I nat-I 'urally selects the type of eveniug I ' dress in which she looks so well, and I ! this is also, as before the world was !l i turned topsy turvy, the slightly draped I j princessly gown of satin, brocade or I ? tissue of metal. With features that I mare so often classical the severity of I Ithe simple dress accords to perfection. I (lOne sees again and again the perfect-I perfect-I Sly plain slip of satin with a bit of I jtdrapery laid over it of some other ma-IMterial. ma-IMterial. It may be of metal cloth or IwoC brocade or of velvet embroidered win metal threads, but in almost every llflnstance the line is the same. l The evening capes are strikingly HSnumerous as well as good looking and emphasize the fact that the return to old customs is to be thoroughgoing, although it is somewhat early to say just what is in store for the future. It would be impossible, however, to see the return to the brilliant colors and the life at night without drawing the conclusion that the same order of things will prevail as befefre. Gorgeous colors are seen in the linings lin-ings of these evening wraps, and the outer layer Is often no less striking than the inner one. Here against the use of rich brocades is noted and also the metal tissues and faille silk combined com-bined with fur. The draping is the most noticeable thing about the wraps other than the color, and this is accomplished ac-complished in various ways to produce pro-duce the same effect a certain bouf-fancy bouf-fancy from shoulder to below the hips and a tightened in line at the bottom. A dinner dress is of green and black and shows a slightly new tendency, as the waist line is high at the front and lowered at the sides and back. About the hip line the skirt is very full and balloons out, to be caught in again at the knees, continuing in a straight line to the bottom of the hem. Blue i3 the favored color in London at this time, and it is thought to be due to the fact that it is the color best liked by the Princess Patricia and was used for many of the gowns of her trousseau. Among other things the trousseau contained a blue velvet rest robe with chiffon ruffles in the same snacie and a powder blue evening eve-ning dress combined with gold lace and gold brocade. Green and brown are also expected to be much worn, but the warmer shades of brown and th reds and rose colors voiced by Paris are not yet seen. Street coats have taken to" stripes, and these are not in noticeably modest colors by any means. A blue do Prance is striped in black, and a brown coat is striped In brown; these are as seen in the street and are mentioned to show the tendency of the styles rather than to specify anything particularly new.