The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-11
~ ~ First Glimpse ~ ~
II of Il
~ Fall Skirts. ~
Fall Skirts.


rose dress-green. The green was an old
green, not too bright, but of that soft, rich
hue which would harmonic so perfectly
with old rose. This dress was embroid-
cred in black. Great stripes of the en-
broidery extended down the waist and
down the skirt. At first sight it looked
the figure you saw that 1t was black silk
hand embroidery. Around the foot of the
skirt there was a very deep lace ruffle,
and there was a great deal of lace upon
the sleeves and over the shoulders.
The hat was trimmed in old rose and
green, and the wearer certainly attracted
great deal of attention on account of
the shades of her dress. although she was
not an extremely pretty woman.
They are going to dress great deal
this fall in the shades that are not the
standards. For example, they will wear
trianon brown, which is something like a
tobacco brown, and old rose and old
green. Thistle purple will be seen also,
and there is a shade of red which is al
most a mauve which will be popular
The plain brown. the plain green, the
black. the natural blue and the pink have
been somewhat put aside for these new
shades.
1t is extremely trying, this verging from
the standard colors to the new ones on
account of the difficulty of matching. 1t is
almost impossible to duplicate the old col
ors with the new ones or even to combine
them. and on that account the new fall
suits seem impossible to many women
They will hold to the comfortable chem
isette as long as possible, and waists are
being cut with very low necks in order
to accommodate it.
There is a story told of a Larchmont
belle-for one must now talk of yachting
resorts on account of the new cup chal-
lenge-tLat she went to fashionable
house with only one dress. Daytimes she
wore it with a chemisette and in the
evening she wore 1t without chemisette
as a low-neck dress. This may be some
thing of a stretch of comfort, but 1t is a
fact that very remarkable things are done
by the addition or subtraction of neck
yoke.
They say that dresses are to be very
clinging this winter, but as yet they do
not show 1t. The Paris models, to be
the American modisteS have not yet fol-
lowed suit to any great extent. The only
concession TO the clinging skirt is in its
set around the hips. which is certainly
very tight. Glove fitting skirts over the
hips are very popular and skirts are
gored to the exact size Of the waist and
they fit so tight that it seems almost i'm
possible TO get into them. This is man
aged by q very long seam cut in the
side of the skirt which is fastened with
hook and eye. All the fall skirts are
trimmed except the travelling skirt. which
is sometimes made plain, but even the
travelling skirt has its band of braid.
Street dresses are ruffied sometimes to
the waist and you see every variety of
trimming upon them, from embroidery to
braid
Indian summer comes in few days
and then the jackets that were worn
week ago will be laid aside for the warm
after summer. which is so fortunately
ours. For three or four weeks 1t is as
balmy as in midsummer and the fall
dresses must be light weight in order to
be comfortable. HELEN WARD.