The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-11-08

tIounces, too, which were in vogue long
ago, and which have of late been considered
an aoomlnation to the dressmaker's art. are
now extremely fashionable, and are seen in
con!unctlon with the old time panners,
Topped on the hip and drawn to a full point
in front. A deep chiffon fiounce around the
oottom OF heavy silk dress is not unusual,
and chiffon sleeves pulled to the elbow and
supplied with ruffle are highly fashion
able. Indeed, this combination Of heavy
material with thin is one of the most mark
ed peculiarities Of the season.
DARK silks are yelled with white; white
silks are draped with black, and so on
through all the extremes of color. tits not
an unusual thing to see deep crimson
dress with pale yellow tulle Topped over it.
ana caught up with festoons of flowers of a
contrasting color
For ball dresses, nothing is as light and
airy as the chiffon, and at the same time
nothing is as perishable. The material is
so delicate that, if ever so lightly stepped
upon, 1t is sure to tear and will hang in
great long rents before the evening is half
out. r equent trips to the dressing room
ana liberal use of the scissors are all that
preserve fashionable woman in chiffon
from being bundle of rags and mass of
tatters.
If Mrs. Cleveland and her baby are pop-
uiar In America, the Duchess of Fife and
lar in England. Everything that the Ouch
ess wears and everywhere that she goes
become facts well known to the society
world and the newspaper reading people.
The Duchess lie remarkably well supplied
with good sense, and, therefore, one is pre-
pared TO hear that in place of the fashion
able carriage wrap she has provided herself
with long, straight coat and heavy cape
Tor driving. The coat is called the Inyer-
ness, and it buttons boldly down the front
with seven big buttons, and it has huge
pockets on the side, into which her LADY
ships hands may be thrust should the air
be too keen and nipping
The cape has quite
JAUNTY APPEARANCE,
End will surely be copied by ladies who
fancy the sensible looking dress rather than
the dainty kind OF wearing apparel. The
material of the coat is exactly such az ia
found in mems clothes. 1t is heavy. ALL
Wool. and must, of course, be made with
that talIor-Ike hnlsh which is the browning
achievement OF every such garment
But let no one suppose that the woman
who possesses an Inverness driving coat is
going TO live in 1t, for such is not the case.
The woman who is sensible enough to NOS
sess such garment and who has the money
TO properly execute her desires. supplies
herself also with a heavy winter wrap for
TIC street.
These wraps are wonderfully handsome.
and II they are not as becoming to women
as were the styles of former years, it is not
the fault OF the wrap. 1t is only the fault
of the fashion which has decreed that coats
be cut in that trying three quarter length.
AS an offset to the disagreeable length of
the cloaks, women of taste are making
every effort TO dress themselves in coIors IN
harmonic with the cloaks. aud thus make
the three-quarter length as little noticeahIe
as possible. just why fashion should have
decreed this martyred martvrdom OF stvle.
no one knows. But the cloaks are in The
stores, and one must perforce buy them il
one would De in the style
'Bow co you manage always to look so
stylish and well dressed, even when Won do
not consider yourself particularly dressed
Upl" was asked of 8 woman who was well
known for her good taste and artistic dress-
ing.
''If were to tell you the secret of nv
good clothes, you would hardly believe it ),
said she, land yet since you have asked me
so frankly, l will tell you, because it is nor
q sec1et that / care to keep, and / would
much prefer to see other women following
the same example. 1t is just this: dress
always in grey or black
I'm grey or black! Why surely you are