The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-08-24
POPULAR STYLES HOLD THEIR
OWN IN THE ESTEEM OF
FAIR CRITICS.
shortcomings of American Made
Dresses-Sly Hints of Sleeve Styles
Contrasts in Complete Toilette
The Transparent Season and
Applique Era Are Well De-
fined-Timely Tips About
Stylish Fashions.

word as to the separate waist, It
abounds! There were never more shirt
waists never more blouses worn than
today. But unless the shirt waists and
blouses are to be worn under Jackets like
dress skirts, they in some way carry out
the leading note of the dress so that they
seem to belong to the toilet as a whole
and not to have been picked at random.
In the stylish cotton dresses the shirt
waists and skirts are alike or trimmed
alike, and in the case Of the fancy
blouses that are Worn With different
fabrics for skirts either the coloring is
alike or through decoration of design
harmony in the dress as whole is pro-
duced.
The greatest shortcomings of the
American made dresses are that any
style that is in itself good is copied into
every kind Of fabric. The result is that
foulards are made up like cloth, and a
tailor dress is likely to have sleeves ap-
propriate only for garden party gown.
The high-class opponents of fashion lay
due stress upon the necessity of making
each typical toilet and fabric distinct
creation. The Paris dressmakers of re.
nown-no matter what extraordinary
things are sent over here for dry goods
shop show cases-reserve for their ele.
CANT customers models that are each one
distinctive. The tailor dress is always
cut on conservative lines, and in nine
cases out of ten shows a fairly close
sleeve. The ceremonious day gown which
is designed for dress occasions whether
in drawing room, at garden fete, at
the races, Or where not since the street
transit is accomplished in a carriage
such a gown shows the liberty allowed
to elegance when it escapes from the
limitations OF hard wear that envelop
the travelling dress. the shopping frock.
! the dress for the golf links, ct al.
While the sleeves of the tailor gowns
are mainly close-fitting. those for elegant
gowns are more voluminous. and long
CIR short at will. One pretty elbow sleeve
has frll of lace about the arm. over
two inches deep. except at the back OF
the sleeve just at the elbow; there the
| lace forms straight lambrequin effect
eight or nine inches deep.
The addressed woman makes point
of having each toilet complete in itself,
yes. but more than ti6t; it must be dis
t;nctive. OF the woman who is addressed
in good clothes it is often truthfully said,
''she looks just the same in everything"
The fewer toilets one has the more radi-
caily should they depart from each other
within becoming limits. A blue linen
dress and on ecru lace dress are better
selections for the woman who can have
but one linen and one lace frock than
two of the same coloring would be.
1t is a transparent season. This more
than any other single word describes tho
effect of the best models. including not
only gowns and hats. but wraps, and
not only the fascinating little shoulder
coverings. but the two-third and three.
quarter length cloaks as we'll. OF course
there are many dresses. hats and outer
garments that are not actually trans.
parent, but even they. In the majority
of instances. are made to seem SO by the
introduction of one or another detail
that is in harmony with this chief fea.
ture of the seasons leading models.
Even rather heavy cloth clOaks show
anywhere from q small fraction to an
entire half of their surface in cut-cut
effects over lace upon which the edges
of the cloth designs are appliQued ana
sometimes almost covered with needie-
work