The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-10-08
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FASHION LETTER.
The TaOrMade Dress in All Its New vagares of Shape Style
Color and Material is Described Here

NEW YORK.-October 6.--The tailor
msde girl still wears her figure TO suit
her dress.
Since spring both dress and figure have
altered.
The new tailor dress is shorter. but not
short. 1t is tighter in the skirt-tight-
est would be accurate and expressive. II
II not simpler-far from that. But 1t Is
palmer. Plainness and simplicity are not
identical.
The new figure Is broader-shouldere
broader ipped, smaller-walsted. The
dress has tired OF the aesthetic or the
willow as q peg.
Combine new dress and new figure and
you have the newest woman. She wears
q tight-ftting jacket and a skirt that is
at most three and half yards around
the bottom. This skirt Is Of serge or a
clinging broadcloth. 1t lies on the
ground. but sweeps within a limited ra-
dius. II Is cut and fitted with an art
hitherto undreamed of In the annals Of
drcssmaking.
As an example OF the new tailor dress.
take costume recently completed for
Miss Amy Bend. or dark, ink-blue serge.
silky and supple. the narrow skirt fol-
lows caressingly the outlines of the fig
ure. Lined with a silk OF a clear, bright
plum color. It shows on the outside lit
silk cording defines the hem and runs up
the left side 10 the waist In company with
narrow black braid. which is arranged
at intervals In trefoils. and has the Eases
OF the leaves filed In with a solid rails
cd. white embroidery. The tiny double
breasted. close-htting coat has spade
shaped fronts and turns back IN huge
revers. which are faced with black, rul-
ed up and down with white silk cords.
and edged with black and white rrefci ii
embroidery.
waistcoat. fastening with silver ball but
tons ana showing In Its turn the tiny
ruffles OF white chiffon vest, which is
nnished with high, standing collar. The
soft turban hat which crowns this toilette
IS OF black velvet stitched with white.
and Is decorated with large butterflies
made OF black and white feather fla
ments. twinkliug with spangles.
a new Imported tailor dress which has
been worn by Mrs. w. j.. d. Stokes Is
equally correct in style. and perhaps.
trife more novel. The material is a
creamy-brovn tweed, lined with Lelio-
trope foulard silk. Both the clinging hs b.
II skirt and the short. tight-htting. SIN
gle-breasted coat are trimmed. sparing-
ly, with strappings Of darker brown SIX
piped with white on the edges. Small ie-
vers OF cream-colored. embroidered six
face down the bodice opening upon a
creain-coiored silk waistcoat; while a blue
crepe &c chine scarf tie. knotting twice
on the bosom and hanging I'm fringed
ends. gives the relieving note OF ANNA
fiOn.
With this toilette there belongs a hat
Of brown and white partridge breasts
which circle the brim and cover the
crown. over these nod creamy-whlte
plumes.
SHORT WALKING COSTUMES.
Many Of the women who have returned
TO town have brought back country hab-
its. and In the morning at least tho
spectacle Is now often enjoyed of really
short walking costumes. A type OF these,
observed yesterday IN the Fifth-evenue
shopping district. had soant, tlinglng
skirt Of large, suodued. gray.blue and
green plaid. which escaped the ground
by full two inches. The material looked
soft and smooth a. winter weight
ssrges but the bars and cross-bars were
vsvsr upon II In the toughest Of long.