The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-09-07
FASHION NOTES.

FALL AND WINTER DRESS MATERIALS.
BAYADERE STYLES PROMINENT
CREPoNs, PoPLIN PLAIDs, STYLES
IN MAKING, MILLINERY, CoLoRs.
Styles which have been prominent
one season are almost sure TO be repro
duced in the earliest importatioDs of
the succeeding one, therefore it is not
surprising to find Bayadere effects the
leading fancy in fall and winter dress
materials. AS the first illustration, two
tone, irridescent corded poplns will be
largely employed for tailor suits;
changeable rep also is shown, and in
fact almost any corded fabrib is stylish.
The majority of new stuffs display two
or more colors, nevertheless the reap
pearance of ladies cloth or plain Vene-
tan cloth show that fashion always
provides literally for her devotees;
never combining them to any one style.
TWO TONE DIAaoNALs
and whipcords also find a place among
new fabrics, and medium priced checks
sell well. Cancels hair Bayaderes in
straight or waving designs, are beauti-
full blendings of soft, rich color, partly
yelled in black hair, and in order that
the Bayadere effect may not be lost,
some of these plaids have fringe an
inch long of crimped black cancels
hair running crcsswise. Boucle plaids
are much on the same order, too ex-
pensive ever to become common. 1t
Is noticeable that handsome materials
are more apt to be revived than ordi-
nary ones, and as an exemplification,
crepons of every kind or color are again
stylish, and those who had the foresight
to keep a handsome crepon while it
was temporarily ignored, may now use
1t again with perfect confidence.
PoPLIN PLAIDs
have gone up again, principally for
waists or children's dresses, and while
it is too early to be sure, strong de-
mand for plaids is expected The
choice novelties, however, are in
French silk and wool mixtures, and on
variously colored grounds, are thrown
up silk or mohair designs in thousands
of different patterns, often with half
concealed cords in various sizes, the
color blendings being usually exquisite,
and designs rather small.
THE FEW ILLUSTRATIONS
of fall costumes now seen, show long
skirts plain on the hips, and trimming
extends up the left side on Bayadere
crepon, while a second has two deep
ruffles all around the skirt. A hand
some irridescent crepon is trimmed
with a broad, black satin duchesse
band around the skirt, a similar band
edges the overskirt, with belt, cuffs
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woven in waving Bayadere style has no
ornamentation, as the elegance of the
fabric admits of no trimming. A
French fashion plate shows deep ruffles
around long overskirt coming up to
the waist at either side, leaving the
front breadth plain. Loose or tight
fronts are about evenly divided, and
sleeves although small are not yet tight,
but however engrossing new fashions
may be, all good managers will soon
have their colored waists and delicate
muslin dresses washed with ivory soap
and laid away; thus ensuring their
bright colors or pale shades for another
season.
FEATHERS AND VELVET
are the bulwarks of fall and winter
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striped velvet, dotted velvet and
black velvet or chenille overweave on
silk plaids, are called into requisition.
The aforementioned style is in harmony
with dress materials, but brighter and
more numerous colors are used, and
shining through the soft, chenille
tracery, the result is charming. Con-
trastng dots on plain velvet are very
new, and the same idea is carried out
on colored MORE on plain satin rib
bons, and even plumage is dotted.
Plain silk with raised silk plush or vel
vet stripes is another Bayadere fancy,
or plain silk with silk fringe stripes are
both seen in millinery fabrics.
LARGE SOFT CROWNS
come by the hundred, beaded, spangl-
ed and embroidered in silver tinsel,
gilt, jet, Rhine stone, or steel; on
black or colored velvet, silk or net; no
small proportion being a combination
of material, and intended for large vel
vet hats. They are expensive, costing
from 1926 to $500 apiece at wholesale.
Plumage is 30 stiff, that the crown or
other trimmings must impart grace or
softness to the fashionable hat. o.
trich feathers hold their own, but the
novelty is guinea-fowl plumage, en-
ployed in every imaginable way. A
band of it sometimes pasted on one
half Qepgthwise) of quill, edged by
ostrich fue. Pheasant and owl plu-
mage are again fashionable and every
thing in the "castor shades" is accept
able.
APART FROM BIRDS
wings or quilts, the majority of new
plumage comes in stiff bands, or pairs,
these last shaped much like a crescent,
(yet not true crescenO and will be
placed at each side of hat, front, or
together at one side. Colored felt
hats of medium size will be worn in
different ways; some tilted over the
eyes, others off the face, or turned up
on one side, and this season, the i'm
portant feature is the trimming not the
hat.
RIBBONS ARE WORLD
In themselves-plaided, striped, dotted,
shaded, plain satin, MORE, checked and