Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-23
Tailor Made Gowns For Fall
SKIRTS WILL BE LONG AND NARROW AND A NOTE OF RED WILL BE
VISIBLE IN EVERY COSTUME = THE DEMI-TRAIN
ON ALL DRESSES.

Paris, Sept. H.-The fall winds have
only just begun to blow and the leaves
still cling to the trees. yet all Paris has
rushed toward the fur shops and there
already dangle from the necks of the
fair ladies the long slender chains upon
which is strung a tiny muff absurdity,
made mostly of velvet, with touches of
fur and lace, or Of plain velvet with a
gaudy lining.
Parisians delight in changing the fash
ions they call it summer while spring is
still young; and when ummer is only
just dying they hail the autumn with
open arms.
And no wonder. In Paris the fashions
are born: and why should they not be
fresh and attractive here?
The most freQuent color at the present
moment is aluminium grey, that very
light shade which is fairer than pearl.
This is used for the tunic and jacket of
street gowns which have skirts of black
and gray striped tweed with a thread of
red running through.
Red, the brilliant scarlet red, is also an
autumn favorite Let me see if | can
picture a dress which suggested red so
strongly without being too vivid.
1t was walking down the Rue de la
Paix that / saw it coming toward me.
The petticoat showed as the wearer
walked. 1t was of plain robin redbreast
%taffeta. with a ruffie upon the foot which
Set well out from the petticoat.
The dress skirt was of gray Irish cloth
with medium stripes of red running
through it, cutting it into great squares.
The tunlc was of gray, cut so that it
was very tight around the hips and
rather longer in the back than in the
front. This is called the Patti tunic be-
cause the fair Adelina wears it SO much.
The bodice was in two parts, a vest of
the plaid Irish cloth and a jacket of the
gray. A cloth turban was worn with
the suit, made out of the striped cloth
and trimmed with black feathers. The
gray and the scarlet were very impress
sive and the gown turned the heads Of
many.
The habit back grows in popularity.
1t is doubtful if there will be an open
back in Paris this winter, though it is
said that several of the leading tailors
are fighting for it again. The open back
with its decorative buttons, straps and
pins makes such d pretty to
the dress that it is desired by many;
few, except those of perfect figure, find
the habit back becoming.
The very newest skirt is so narrow
around that one is in doubt whether
any underclothes can be worn. One skirt
was scarcely two and a half yards
around, yet SO well was it sloped that it
did not look so narrow. The couturiere
who made it requested the young woman
for whom it was built always to wear a
silk pettlcoat with it, saying that if she
Niu - w ~. lie Skill WOulU D1nQ ana
would inevitably draw between the knees
very aWkWardly.
The most popular street vogue now is
the princess, which is cut in one long
slope, open in the front to show the dress
skirt. II IS very close fitting around
the waist and hips and must be elegant
~ fitted to look well. The princess is
finished off in a tunic effect and is 50
made that it can be worn with any skirt
very little different from the %polonaise,
you will say
The mail amount of material in the
new fall dresses is compensated by their
expense, which is enormous. The finest
OF silks are used for lining. the long
TUNES, and the most ~eXtravagant mate
rails are cut into bits to make the dainty
waists that are fashionable this year.
The fashion of cutting the yoke very
low grows, and you see everywhere the
yoke material extending over the tops
Pf the sleeves to give the effect of a very
deep yoke.