you have pearls prepare to put] them aside—unless, indeed, they are real, when you can continue to wear them in the daytime, at any rate, Fashion, which has beamed on pearls, real or apparently real, has set her affection on glittering stones.
The most modish decoration. to wear with an evening gown is necklace of lat stones set in a ni row ring of gold or platinum. When ebloured gowns are worn the crystals should match the tint of the dress.
For example, with an amber of yellow gown the correct necklace i tone of flat topazes ringed with gold, This shoald be long enough to reach at least halfway to the waistline.
With a mauve or pansy-tinted frock one wears amethysts, with a white or black gown clear white! crystals, and so on.
It a modest allowance does not permit its! owner to indulge in Tuxuries such as these, it does not matter. The dressmaker steps in most obligingly with a decoration to suggest a necklace worked on the dress itself. A black velvet corsage shows three rows of "diamonds" sewn on in front and two at the taille, Jewel embroidery is, in fact, a feature of the gowns for the surly autumn. It must not, however be applied indiscriminately. A pendant ornament, rather like a jewelled fob} Fhanging from the left shoulder, and about five inches long, is matched by small, flat ornament on the front of the gown at the waistline.
On the other hand, and acting on. on the principle that there is no use in hidding good things, come dressmakers place an ornament at the waistline inthe back of the dress. Any'keen dancer will tell you that this is far the most sensible arrange-mout.
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