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Show ! MODERNISTIC SPORTS CLOTHES; DAY FROCKS FOLLOW FASHIONS THERE are sports clothes and sports clothes; some of them Intended In-tended for actual sports wear, others i merely to suggest pastimes, or to fit t In with an environment or background that Invites them. In any case, the up-to-date sports garment Is expected to be attra-tie in Its own way and has the best of opportunities for making good. Unudual patterns in adornment, vivid colors and a more or less casual style, make sports apparel decorative and distinctive. Simplicity is a prerogative pre-rogative of the sports frock, no matter how much the mode may call for elaboration elab-oration In other classes of dress. Just now the one-piece and the two-piece two-piece sports frock vie with one another goods are sponsored by many fashionables. fashion-ables. When warmth must be reckoned with, plain kasha skirts and knitted jumpers, or sweaters, combining the color In the skirt with another color, make ideal outfits. The daytime frock, which ls meant to be won in the afternoon as well as the morning, follows the new modes discreetly, and thereby endears itself to many women. By means of supple materials and Ingenious cutting cut-ting It preserves the slenderness dear to women and at the same time contrives con-trives to take on skirt fullness and other pretty vagaries of the new modes. A demand has developed for black dresses in satin or crepe and 1 rf ,J& vA-'-vM is... ,,.,, m t((4 An Up-to-Date Sports Garment. i popularity, with the preference for the one-piece frock when materials are fanciful and leaning to the two-piece styles when they are plain. One of the new figured flannels, shown in the illustration, commends itself to those who like best the unbroken lines of the one-piece frock. It is a simple, straight-line affair with inverted plaits at the sides, and is without adornment except for buttons on the cuffs, pockets and down the front opening. Buttons, by the way, play a considerable part as finishing touches on both sports and tailored dresses. One can imagine this frock in tan, beige, gray or green, making mak-ing a background for the lively colors which belong to the Egyptian pattern for strong, deep blues; In either case many of the new models have touches of vivid color in embroider or contrasting material. Peasant embroidery in narrow collar col-lar and wristbands or pockets employs several colors in high tones, with gold thread Introduced among them, in the most brilliant effects. Or motifs, In floral or geometrical designs are Introduced Intro-duced somewhere on the bodice or skirt the sleeve and shoulders are proving alluring resting places for them., Th2 natural dress at the left of the two pictured displays a floral motif on the cape back and apron front. In these solid embroideries, silk and wool are often combined and Vkvv n U Ik. I 4 V ; 1 4 I I I . i h x h 4 j r fi .ij s 1 H i i 3 ' I A At Tvjo Daytime Frocks. U. the printed dpsigns. Plain colons In high shades of red and green, and the fasl.iour.ble hois de rose are popular popu-lar colors for sports wear. Two-piece or jumper jresses are exploited in natural nat-ural shades, banded with one or two strong coh rs, as red and brown, red and yellow nnd other combinations. A wide variety of materials is available avail-able for sport:, frocks, including special weaves, j.-rsey cloth, kasha, llannel and different kinds of silk crepe. For wear at southern resorts pastel shades in silk cretin are emphasized, and in these li-il.rweight materials, plaited skirts and plain jumpers of heavier cross-stitch work is popular. Anothe) means of introducing color with black, or dark blue, appears in facings, jabots, pipings, vestees and narrow bandings of colored crepe. Favored combinations combina-tions are black and fuchsia, black and pencil blue, black and red or black anil warm brown. Just a touch o.f the brightest shades is more effective than a generous use of high color could he In the winsome frock of black creje satin at the right of the picture cuffs and collars have pipings of fuchsia red and a few small buttons in the same color on the sleeves and bodice. JULIA BOTTOMLEY. 19-5. Wuatern .Newspaper Union.) |
