The waistline is in a wandering] mood at the moment. Only a comparatively short time ago its one ambition seemed to be to descend to While the asymmetrical fashi have throned it this summer,, thero isa natural reaction in the assem. bling of such things as bags, cigarette-cases, hats, scarves, gloves, shoes, by means of @ common Feature. To a good many clothes, indeed, form is. lent entirely these Very moderate means. Tu some eases the hat and the scarf correspond on an otherwise nondescript dress. Sometimes two handker~ chiefs are worn, one round the neck: fand one rounds the hips. The bale may be made of the same material as the hat-band or the umbrella handle. "Anything does, in short, which tends to show that the patticular dress is personal to the wear ex. The newest fashion in access sories is to select four features which may be treated in the same, way. 'A hat, bag, scarf, and umbtelta may' be treated in such fashion a3 to show that they all belong to the me family. In one ease the hat had a cut leather band, and the ends of the leather. On the umbrella handle and the bag the same design appeared, but here it was embossed instead of cut, Some times the effect is produced by c0- Jour and notably by painting or by Veading. "se hat, trisuming may suggest hundreds-and-thousanda smith its many dots of colour. This may be due to paint, to embroidery, to beading. The umbrella handle often painted to match. The ba is of material of the same pattern fas the embroidery, while the scart nay be embroidered or painted ix its turn, These little details carried out ili different ways ive fort to no matter what toilette, 1g." be cried covering her tittle hands with kisses, "can't you you?" said, "I should hate to think this was just your way of behaving in company." the lowest possible depths. Nov it. ig at the top of the hips, a little higher or a little lower than this, or even in the place where the 18: inch waist used to be worn, and belts or sashes have a definite place on most of our frocks, the exact position where they should come needs to be decided with care.
Tt is impossible to be dogmatic about this. An inch or two or even half-an-inch may make all the difference between what is becoming and what is not. Roughly speak. ing, the position will be determina the Length of leg of the individual woman for whom the gown. is being made. A long man should keep her 3 ly high—a long-legged, wor usually wear it fairly low with ads
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