Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-10-14
F3p IK RE!'hElN6
HOW THE GOWNS WILL BE
TRIMMED.


Eden, when the beautiful and inquir-
ing Eve chose fig leaves from which
to fashion the first feminine garment,
womankind has had an apprec1atlVe
eye for the decorative as well as the
utilitarian aspect Of dress. SO far as
the present daughters Of Mother Eve
are concerned, they will have aDun-
dant opportunity this fall and winter
to satisfy any and all yearnings for
elaboration and decoration in their
gowns. The plain tailor-made frock IS
a thing of the past, likewise the wrap
and the hat which denoted an elegance
that was real simplicity. Never have
so much elaboration and decoration
been employed.
Fortunately, fashion is gracious be-
yond all precedent in the accessories
and garnitures of dress, and laces, en-
broideries, appliques, braids, cutwCrk,
jet and many other trimmings are dis
played in elegance, variety and pro
fusion.
We have been decking our gowns
with lace for long time now, but,
despite the proverbial inclination of
fashion to change, no disposition is
evident to discard this becoming,
effective and truly feminine trim
ming. Lace, both black and in the
various ecru tints, and for garnitures,
boIeros and all fancies of trimmings,
will decorate the seasons gowns
One sees a great deal of chantilly, but
the heavy iaces will also be popular
AS matter of course, the heavier
laces will be most employed on cloth
and materials of coarser texture, the
finer meshes on silk and ethereal
fabrics. Applique Of lace will be worn
on evening gowns and will be, if pos
sible, more beautiful than ever. Lace
motives in applique, butterflies, birds
or flowers, are to be much used. Al
exquisite evening gown Of white
chiffon is dotted with black lace
spangled butterflies. One of the
butterflies trims the front Of the waist
and another the back. A novelty IS
f1let lace, which is conspicuous as a
revival of an ancient Italian art. 1t is
netting with the pattern worked n
darning stitch.
The lace collar blossoms out in the
shops in the greatest variety Of
meshes it has ever known. All the
modish lace effects in collars, with and
without cuffs, boleros and waists ap-
pear in the Irish laces, the Irish point
Carrickmacross and Limerick, n
Honiton, Venetian and Flemish point
Alencon and Russian. There is
wide assortment of laces by the yard.
and insertions are to be had with
edges straight, undulating, sepentine
and Vandyked.
The cretonne appliques which have
been employed on the summer gowns
will still be sued to trim yelling and
lightweight cloth gowns to be worn
on ceremonuious occasions. Evening
toiletes of the transparent black
materials will be decorated with the
vari-colored motifs and garlands.
Newer and more fashionable, now
ever, will be the velvet designs cut
out of the brocaded silks and used as
the cretonne patterns have been aD-
piled during the past season. The
gorgeous satins brocaded with pompa-
dour designs in velvet are especially
adapted for this purpose. Among the
newest and handsomest trimmings are
the velvet applique decorations which
come in lovely designs of leaves and
flowers made of black velvet, joined
together in band form. They are sold
by the yard, but the separate leaves
and flowers may be cut apart and
used in detached form on the gowns.
A handsome velvet applique decora-
ton introduced this season rests on a
foundation of fine chantilly lace and
the effect Of the rich, heavy fabric in
termingled with the filmy mesh of the
lace is very striking. The velvet
appliques are black in every instance.
though the foundation is shown in
black and white. An applique Of
dainty character is the velvet pastille
on lace, cluny being especially favored
for this decoration. The pastille is a
tiny lozenge-shaped piece of velvet
either sewed or pasted on the lace at
regular intrvals or arrangd in clustrs.
as individual taste suggests. IneSe
appliques and velvet-encrusted laces
will be used in innumerable decorative
ways on both silk and soft, light
weight silk-and-wool materials.
The knell of black velvet ribbon has
not yet been rung. 1t is seen on Paris
models and it is still true that few
gowns are thought complete without 3
touch of black. There is disposition
to use in place of the stiff chou, knots
of narrow black velvet ribbon with in
Vulnerable ends of irregular lengths,
as the popular black velvet moth
Some of the couturieres are Of the
opinion that both black satin and
taffeta ribbon in various widths will
be largely used to trim house and
visiting dresses.
Quaint arabesque designs carried
out in narrow ribbons form effective
trimming for soft wollens and silks.
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