Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-11-19


sions, and sleeveless coats of Irish guipurei
are one of the pretty accessories of even
ing dress.
Violet in all the shades between pale
mauve and pansy is the popular color for
your silk shirt waists. White silk with
endless tucks is also worm with red or
blue velvet collar bands.
Boas of all kinds are the fashion, which
means that feather boas are still popular.
The new varieties are a mixture of three
colors, such as black, white and mauve
in one. Short neck rufus are also made
of ostrich tips spotted with chenille,
while others of soft killed silk are edged
with chenille.
misunderstanding chains of colored
beads are shown among the novelties.
Fans and lorgnettes are supposed to be
attached to these, and while they can not
supplant the moreelegant jeweled chains
OF gold they are strong and within reach
of the many, which means some measure
of success
The foreign fashion writer's are contin-
ually reminding us that the ideal costume
for morning wear in the street consists of
a plaid skirt and a plain cloth coat, both
tailor-made, of course. Black and gray
and white plaid with a black coat is the
latest, but you can exercise your own
taste as to color.
The English bulldog" walking shoe
OF calfskin is one phase of feminine fancy
which is to be illustrated this winter. OF
course it is ugly and makes a woman's
foot look just like mans, but then she
has appropriated all of his. neckties. col
lars, hats, vests and some of his coats.
and so there is nothing left but shoes.
unless she dons the trousers.
The new ribbons are a delight to the
eye, with their pretty, soft colors spotted
with black satin and chenille dots and
striped with chenille and velvet. There
is every kind of plaid ribbon, figured rib
bon and ribbon with fine silk fringe on
the edge. Satin ribbons are especially
soft in texture with almost velvet finish.
and some of them have diagonal weave
in the silk.
The latest millinery fad in New York
is the Koch theater hat. 1t is decided
novelty. The trimming can be lifted off
the hat and used during the performance
as fan, then readjusted. The small hat
meanwhile is worn during the play and
discommodes nobody. The invention will
do away with the big hat nuisance, and
men will have nothing now to complain
of on this score-at least when it reaches
this isolated point of the compass, which
it may possibly do during the next two or
three years anyhow.
Chenille plays very conspicuous part
in both hat and dress trimmings this sea-
son. 1t is threaded into lace and mixed
with embroidery in silver and gold
threads on velvet and silk, and chenille
fringes with satin-covered drops at the
end of each strand are revived again.
Light and pretty silk gimps of braid and
cord twisted into every conceivable de-
sign, both beaded and plain, are also
decided feature of dress trimming. Picot-
edged cords make very effective patterns,
and then there is new edging, made of
strands of silk, which looks very much
like feathers. Fur in both wide and mar
row bands will be very much used. Old
fashioned, deep silk fringes are coming
to the front once more and there is sim
ply no limit to the use of all kinds of
and real laces. Embroideries
in mixture of soft rich colors in white
silk are used for yokes, vests and revers,
and while the floral silk embroidery used
in applique is not new it shows some
new designs with silk aud gauze mix
lures. Beaded and sequined trimmings
are quite as popular as ever, and so are
steel novelties with jet and gun metal
combined.
20. q tr,r.E