The times., 1901-06-16
FASHIONS ODD WBIAO
The Marie AntOinettc FiCllu and
Lamballe Chapeau.

The IlI-Fntcd French Queen and Her
Faithful Princess Furnish the
Latest Effects i'm Smart Dress-Thc
stnrchIcSs stock About Lifts"
The fashionable DANES who have been
in London for their regulation length of
time this season are coming home with
trunks and heads filed with Marie An
toinctte effects And all because they have
been seeing Mrs. Langtry wear them with
such becomingness. in her pay of THE
Diamond Necklace, says The Boston
Transcript FiChus named for the uuhap-
vy queen and I.ambale hats viii be aired
first at Narragansett and Newport for
garden parties. And quaint huchled shoes
ana ruiIied parasois viii be other appoint
nents adapted from Mrs Langtry in
PRODUCTION OF them. But they viii hardly
become public property FOR year or
more, by which time the fashionahles who
brought them over here will bc exploit
inE the kind of raiment some other dead
and gone queen once ore, which owing
to the efforts of clever and modern ac-
tross have been invited out to see the
light of day once more. Let those who
say Dame Fashion is a heartlcss Unrca-
sonable creature think upon one very sim
pie matter and then pronounce again as
TO her character. The aforesaid Simple
matter is nothing more than the starch
less stock that promises to become as
ubiquitous as the shirt waist In hot
weather the best Of us IS liable TO enter
conditions, climatic and otherwise, which
result in a wrinIded and wilted collar. No
matter how much starch has gone into
the stiffening Of it nor how much labor
Of laundress has been expended on secur-
and unudiness in the face Of a ninety de-
gree temperature. After several years Of
witnessing such downfaIIs Dame Fashion
had an inspiration. She saw where by
making the collar wrinkled in its first
estate she could win the gratitude Of man
kind and wOmankind for an eternal gift
So II is with US, the greatest blessing of
the summer tOgScry- Besides, under its
kindly protection those ugly scars and
seams and wrinkles that nigh and unre-
lenting stocks have left as a legacy viii
be obiterat5d little by little and white,
pretty necks viii be in once more.
The lift Of the season is the side lift
The skirt is lifted in the middle Of the
back, quite low down, and is brought
around to the front very slowly. all The
time gathering more and more material
IN the hand. When. finally. il reaches the
correct position, which is at the side very
near the front. the skirt is very high.
showing the drop skirt as well as the pet
ticoat and. of course. the shoes II must
be held vel up, so that the hara comes
about on = line with the belt. and the
front must be very free and full. so as to
hang in many folds. This is the first cor
rect way 10 carry the skirt. but can be
recommended only to the woman who
knows how TO carry herself very well. not
10 the one who walks along in any old
manner, without considering grace or
style
one Of last weeks brides caused some
thing Of a sensation by drapiug her veil
in Eliza bCthan style and wearing clusters /
Of flowers behind each ear after the fash /
ion OF the Japanese. She also carried .
big feather fan instead of the usual b0u- !
quet- This is an innovation that might /
well be followed by subsequent brides of |
the season.
1t has often been remarked that girl |
never looks worse than on her wedding /
day. and one reason for this is that al /
most invariably she is robed exactly like !
every other bride without any regard for 1
own personal pecuIlarltleS OF race and |
figure. Custom has decreed the same /
drapiug for the veil. the same arrange !
nnent OF orange blossoms. the long sleeve |
and high neck for every young woman |
who goes 10 the altar Irrespective Of /
whether she is tall, short, thin or inclined |
to stoutness. White, also. IS a very trying /
color and few brides are daring enough to /
depart from the ivory white which is the /
most severe Of all.
Modistes study the type Of their Gus |
toners when they make their house and |
walking gowns and ball tolletteS. but |
when il comes TO a We lding dress there |
are certain rules that seem 10 be unal- |
terabie The bride who dared TO depart |
from the conventional fastening Of her |
veil and the bouquet which is always |
such an awkward possession during the |
ceremony is to be congratulated for set
ting q fashion which may inspire others
TO do the same thing; not in copying the |
fashion which was so becoming 10 her /
Oriental type but in finding Cut what /
particular little individuality they can /
give 20 the NEST important gown Of their
lives.