The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-08-18
PICTURE GOWNS
NOW THE STYLE.
The Quaint Fashions of the Earle
Part of the Century Have Been
Revived Charmingly-Lace Coats
Are In Style.

Paris, Aug. 1.-Were you to spend
an hour at any of the little shore re-
sorts, where fashionable folk congre-
gate during the heated term, you would
decide that fashions had turned toward
the picturesque, not slightly but with a
vigOr that left no doubt of their inten-
ton.
ReViValS are always picturesque and
the resurrection of the sleeve of 1890
leaves nothing to be desired in point of
artistic and antique beauty. And 50
with the Vatican sleeves; in fancy you
see those wonderful Shepherdesses with
their crooks, stalking after their we'll
behaved sheep, While their marvelously
graceful garments never lost as much
as a fold or tint, by the exposure and
the broiling sun.
Since the fancy for the tight WASTED
gown departed all women look alike in
figure. There is no strong point of dis
similarity between the lean and the fat,
the hour glass waist has departed and
with it went the awful meal bag figure.
The box fronted corset has taken the
place Of the tight wasted one and the
figures of women have benefited
The best ladies' tailors do not advis
the box corset but prefer a rattle
straight one that can be well pulled
down in front leaving the bust high
above it. over this can be drawn the
pointed waist; and the result is better
than in the perfectly straight box front
which, if anything. made the waist a
trif1e too large.
THE LACE COAT.
The particular novelty of the moment
is the summer coat. Its name sounds
warm but the nature is cool The lit
tie coats are made of lace. of tulle, Of
muslin insertion, of unlined taffeta and
net. The object of the thin little coat
is to give the finish which a coat al
ways give a gown and to take away
the shirt wasted appearance of the
toilette. One of these little coats was
cut in blazer fashion, with the fronts
well open and finished in points caught
together by a lace strap. The sleeves
We're rudimentary affairs with only the
tiniest lace epauletteS upon the Shout
der The entire little garment was of
net lace, bordered with silk embroidery,
and figured with appliques of silk.
Another of these decidedly novel little
coats was of white embroidered taffeta,
cut bolerO style, with very tight fitting
sleeves to the elbow; the front was fas
tened by a bow of black tulle with
buckle in the middle.
One that was much admired was of
white pique, cut cadet fashion, with
two tiny points extending below the
belt line. The front was slashed to
make a very effective finish. for.
through the slashed front. could be
drawn the ends of the big bow which
was worn at the throat.
Nothing could exceed the picturesque
beauty of the neck bow which, since
il has reached such proportions, is
known by many names the most pOpu-
lar of which is the chiffon" One of
the most decorative of these chiffons
consists OF a strip Of heavy lace net
embroidered in black silk, with scalop-
ed ends. This is brought around the
neck. tied under the chin, and so dis
posed that the ends fall nearly to the
foot of the skirt in front They are
held in place-so that they do not float
in the wind-with the straps that con-
fine the little blazer coat.
1t is very chic to draw your streamers
through your strappings to keep them
from that biOw-away appearance so
noticeable when long wells were worn
few seasons ago. For these long neck
arrangements all kinds of thin mater
ials are employed, tulle and gauze net
taking the lead. The manner of ar
rangement. too, is varied but the
fashionable milliners who sell the chill
fons along with the hats advise the big
bow under the chin with its long ends.
Attention once more concentrates up
on the bodice which is as varied as pos
sfbIe 1t is the two-part bodice with
blouse and jacket both as delicately
fashioned as possible. The blouse, as
all bodices are now called by the mo-
aistes, is again sub-divided and has its
own vest
THE LITTLE VEST.