The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-29
HINTS ON DRESS.
About the Fashionable Wrap and Gown
for FALL


for FALL
Did you ever think how fashions CT
iginate OF course some are regular ly
planned by those whose business il is
to design, but those are as likely not to
flourish as to take. The fashion that
has vogue starts almost always in
this manner. Some woman, either by
accident or study, wears the thing
and others, seeing how well 1t looks,
copy it, and so it spreads When she
is a woman known to the public, she
sets fashion easily and quickly, but
any woman of originality does the same
thing in small way when she dreEscs
to suit her figure rather than to look
like some one else, whom she never can
look like. however much she may try.
Women are growing more and more
to dress to suit themselves, and each
step in this direction is a gain on the
best side of the very important dress
question. says the Beacon. Dress,
whether consciously or not, is inc ex-
preston of ones nature, so it is not d
waste of time to consider it carefully in
connection with ones demands of purse,
position and time.
The new feature in some of the best
wraps this season of having the collar
faced with chiffon, put in very full, is
one that is becoming to most faces.
Only the perfect face can look We'll
with absolutely plain surfaces next it.
Softness is what makes fur collars so
becoming; that and the fact thar they
make framing for the face The
jackets this fall have Runaway col
oil nf hi
colder weather have the high collar,
which is so needed in the land of east
winds. Long coats are seen again, sug-
costing the old-time ulster. When these
are warm enough for winter wear they
are SO heavy that they cannot he a
really good garment for a woman to
choose. OF course there are many good
things about them. not the least Of
these being the convenience of cover
ing ona'S dress completely.
II you can have but one wrap, how
ever, you will find one of the short gar
ments more serviceable and more sty-
fish. Unless you are very tall, avoid
the three-quarters length, which is
trying Capes will be worn this Win
ter, but not as much as last. Coats are
drcssier though there are elegant
capes Of velvet.
The habit back in skirts, that is the
back without fullness. seems to be one
of the sure things for the coming sea-
son, but it should have the seam in
it. Other skirts which are more de-
sirable for the average woman have
fullness added underneath, but not
showing except that they give to the
figure more grace. 1t is a hard thing
to fit the skirt of today, for it must
be as free from wrinkles as the waist.
and quite as tight to the knees
If you wear fashionable skirt your
garments beneath the gown must be
fitted very carefully. There is a new
skirt with ten cores. Its only merit
is that of novelty. There is less trim
ming on skirts than during the sum
mer, and most of what there is is flat.
A narrow ruffle or two at the foot sets
the skirt out nicely and is rather pref
ty, Stitching will be used even on
silks, though it seems out of keeping
with them.
There is a tendency to a return to
close waists and many of the new suits
show them For semi-dressy occasions
they will always be worn, but in spite
of this the shirt waist has not had its
day. 1t is so convenient that it will stay
with US long time yet, but even this
waist has a closer fit than it used to
have. There is no suggestion of baggi-
ness about those made now. This is
avoided by the seams under the arm,
which shape the waist to the figure and
are change in the right direction The
new waists come in all warm materials,
though flannel is the favorite. They
are made both with and without Jokes.
think those coming straight from the
shoulder in tucks or pleats are the
prettiest, but that is a matter of per-
sonal opinion.
The white yoke, which was so popu-
lar for summer, is seen again with
winter waists and is rather a desira-
BILE feature, as for many persons the
dark color near the face is not becom-
ing, while white is almost universally
so. A serviceable material is poplin, in
which many of the new waists are
made, 1t will wear long time and look
well to the last minute
Velvet is rather heavy for waists, but
there is a light weight velvet in stripes
which has not the clumsiness of the
heavy, and will prove a satisfactory
garment for winter wear. All materials
are used in the light colors as well as
in the dark, for the new waists, and
one can get whatever she wishes at
reasonable prices, so that it scarcely
pays to make them at home. They
are found at the shops thoroughly well
made.