The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-05-19
LATEST GLIMPSEs
OF PARIS FASHIONS

And What the Smart Set In the
American Colony Are Wearing
These Bright Days-A Season For
Fancy Vests-Wonderful New
Gowns For Mrs. Goelet, Mrs. Iselin
and Mrs. Astor-Vivid Colors On
the Return.
Paris.-From the extremely tight-f1t-
ting skirt we are coming gradually to
the skirt bouffant Many of the gowns
seen at the opening day of the EXPOSE
ton were decidedly pulled around the
hips, giving the waist, oh, such a tiny
appearance. One worn by Mrs Austin
Scott, an American, who halls from
one of the Western States, was made
with tunic open in front and slit to
the waist; the sides were drawn up
high in such a way as to puff the ma
terial over the hips in shepherdess
style. The bodice was tight-fitting and
was drawn down TO a low point in
front for all the world like the Dresden
figures.
Just at this transition period there
Is always danger of OVERRIDING the mat
ter of dress, and the temptation to go
to extremes outdoes the good sense of
the woman. Those who find the bout
FAINT effect becoming, rush into these
dresses, putting them more and more,
until the absurdity strikes all behold
ers.
The skirt which has plain front and
is gathered around the sides and in the
back is bouffant one, as the gathers
make the hips full.
Slender women like the champion
huntress, Mrs. Adolph Ladenburg of
Long Island, who made such a sensa-
ton in London and Paris recently,
look well in such a dress, but let the
stout woman cling to the less trying
modes.
The latest tunic is one that has a
short pointed front. The back consists
entirely of sash ends, which fall almost
10 the floor.
Another tunic is of this description
with the front slashed to the belt line
and the points lined with a contrasting
silk.
ROUND WAISTS.
Bodices are round, rather than
blouse; it is the comfort Of the blouse
without its coarseness. The waists are
cut round ending at the belt line, and,
though not tight fitting, they are by no
means saggy. Nearly all bodices have
the vest of contrasting material put in
by clever devices; and you see vests
pointed, vests square, and vests that
are hardly vests at all, but merely full
yokes, with a long pointed Vest-shaped
piece in front.
The modistes are making these en-
tirely separate for a dual reason; the
first is so that the best can be laun-
dered, and the second so that a new
vest can be inserted of different color
and style. This is the day oe rejoicing
for the short-necked women; for the
tour de cou is in again, in a variety
which is very becoming. All the EtonS,
boleros, and little Jackets are made
without collars so that there is room
for the tour de cou without crowding
the throat
The pretty little neck trimming is
made up in many ways, one of the
most popular of these being a series
of rosettes, round or fiat, and sewed
together upon a ribbon in such Il way
that they slightly overlap The
rosettes are made of ribbon, or of
tulie, and are arranged as lightly and
eiraly as possible.
Little coats are brilliantly lined With
plaids and embroidered silks so that
they present a really pretty appear
ance when the coat is carried on the
arm.
The latest fads in summer coats is
the deep cuff made of the same ma
terial as the lining, looking as though
the sleeve were turned pack at the
wrist. The cuffs are sometimes very
deep and haring and altogether pretty.
Mrs Ogden GeoIet, the leader of the
American smart set now in Paris,
wears a black satin cloth Elton, lined
with white satin. and with deep white
satin cuffs turned smartly back at
the wrists. The coat is coIlarless but
is worn with a thick, soft tour de cou
of white satin ribbon and tulle. The
ends are finished 18th ribbons that fall
below the waist.
MRS. ISELIN'S GOWN.
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