Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-11-07
FOR THE WOMEN,
What the UItra-Smdf Folks Of New
York Are Wearing,
FALL AND WINTER STYLES.

the fashions of the coming winter are
concerned. for everything In the gor-
geous array of the seasons advance
fashions now on exhibit in Gotham's
u%ltra-smart shops is new.
Indeed there is novelty for every.
one and with the novelty are COM
bined exquisite taste and beauty. For
two or three seasons there has been
efforts exerted to put pastel tints and
the fade" shades in the forefront of
popularity, but these efforts have met
with comparatively little until this
year. Now it is decided that not only
will the pale tints be a la mode, but
white, a new shade" known as chalk
white, is to be the quintessence of
smartness.
OF course this style has its strong
points and its weak ones. Arguments
advanced against it's a~daptability to
unfavorable atmospheric conditions
are convincingly off set by Dame Fash
ions disciples with the response that
it is delightfully."- .~cleanable," and
shows absolutely no trace of having
come under the influence of the clean
er's art"
One of the favorite wraps of mid
winter is the graceful, loose paletot
of chalk-white cloth with a lustrous
finish. This design is comfortable
and voluminous and lends itself itself
admirably to the rich treatment and
luxurious materials which distinguish
the wraps of this season.
For smartness and originality there
is certainly nothing to excel these
cloaks. They show the latest designs
in trimming including fancy stitch
ings, embroideries, appliques, and the
lake, and the immaculate background
Of the materials afforded an exccell-
ent opportunity of showing off the rich
materials employed in the process of
ornamentation.
Women who do not take we'll to the
idea of white gowns could not do bet
ter than duplicate their effect in more
desirable colors. For instance take
one of the mid-winter frocks in white
wool crepe. The skirt is tucked trans
versely, from belt to hem and through
the groups of tucks are alternated
with bands of Russian lace through
which CLEANS the silken lining. At
the bottom there are three simple
round-and-round tucks and these are
piped with the narrowest of black
satin bands, presumably for the sake
of contrast, for they could hardly i'm
prove the beauty OF the gown.
The blouse is tucked and outlines a
loose Elton effect. 1t is appliuued
with cream colored Russian lace and
finished with a yoke of dotted chiffon.
There is the faintest suspicion Of a
black satin girdle where the jacket
ends. The sleeves fit tight to the ell
bow, branching out voluminously from
this point and narrowing again at the
wrist where they are gathered into
graduated bands of the lace.
The novel feature of these sleeves
is an applique of the Russian lace
which almost covers the puffed por-
ton, or the top part at least, being wild
est at the elbow and growing narrow
near the wrist-band to fit in with the
proportions of the cuff.
Such a gown could not be otherwise
that bewitching. no matter what the
color selected as long as the material
was soft and pliable. In blue, Italian
red, dull green or biege, trimmed with
the same lace, or an imitation of Rus
sian, the effect would be striking and
pretty.
Winter for the New York woman of
fashion is simply a synonym for a con
tlnual round of gayeties, for there are
morning musicales, afternoon calls,
drives, matinees and reception. eve
ming dinners, dances, theatres and
balls, and it requires more han mere
ambition n an elongated purse to
keep up with the push" as they say
In the much criticized Smart Set"
Light colors in conjunction with fur
are used for many of the ~three-quarter
coats worn at some of these fashiona-
BILE affairs. But even here there is
something white, for the smartest OF
these coats are supplemented with
raised applications in white cloth. the
fruit" designs, such as lunches of
grape, cherries, etc, being at the mo-
ment a very special and very fashiona-
BILE fancy.
There was a time when these rich
embroideries and heavy effects were
regarded as ~elegancies to be worn only
by married women, but this year every
one is youthful, as provided for by
Madame La Mode and there is very
little indeed that is too handsome" for
the debutante of today.
Already novelties are arriving for
the horse show which will soon take
place. A specially striking gown is
made of creme India silk of heavy
quality deliberately embroidered in
shaded yellow topaZes made over a
h~ame-cOlOred chiffon Skirt Tho u,aist