Bisbee daily review., 1902-12-13
FASHION NOTES
 FOR WOMEN
SEPARATE SKIRT IS NOW INTER
 ESTING TOPIC

SEPARATE SKIRT IS NOW INTER
 EsTiNG TOPIC
 Maude Griffin Describes This Garment
 For Review Readers-Other Fem.
 mine Arra is Talked About
 New York. Dec 12-The fash.nnable topic of paramount interest just now is the separatc skirt. During the past season this important article of dress has been somewhat obscure by the elaborateness of the separate bodice but as one depends so much upon the other Dame Fashion seems to have awakened to the fact that they deserve an equal share Of attention.
 Not that the separate skirt has not been made beautiful, not by any means. The fact that one may be purchased any WI ere from five dollars 70 hundred and fifty substantiates this statement: but the independent skirt has simply not been "empha- sized" I believe is the way the mo- GiSies express it.
 The newest separate skirt has sev. eral decidedly distinctive features. For one thing it's province is no longer United to taffeta. This fabric has, tn large extent. been replaced by liberty satin and peau de soie out of "or1Dlinent to these who are fond of ,I'st~ous and dull materials, respec- tive'v.
 Then solid colors are less in evil Fe1"e. One of th.e sma~tes. inde- DeT6ert sf;rts yet disp'aved is an i'm 0crtation. T. is made of liberty satin. heok. s~-inEled with nolka dots in as :'ed ci7es varying from a rin head fo 9 silver fve-cent niece. The dots .~o tco 3enn tn be called cream color. vet +oH pa,e for canary but suggest 2 rriTn~ose tint which is distinctly h~o-eht nut by the richness of the black ground.
 "v:eudiGg tho skirt. but ending at either side of tho front gore. are grad rated bands of liberty satin arranged 10 simulate a tunic ard piped with rri7'rcse cn'n~ed satin. Above the r07lio6 bands are insertions of black Chantiiiv and through this trimming 8 7~i-,-o~o ci1t fc-7datior listens
 Another style of separate skirt which has rot heen affected through .he changing styles Of season is the h'ack lace cne. It seems to increase jn favor as time wears on. and ce- ainlv. ss it's latest aspects are it's 'Oveliest it is easy to understand how it -e+ains the favor of Dame Fashion and her disciples.
 Aside from the question of beauty. however. the black lace skirt has it's a7vartage of usefulness. Though fra gi,e in appearance. there are few o; the elegant fabrics which wear better ~"tsi1'-g their fresh crispness tNroughout a season of constant ser vice. There are surely few things more simple to make than this particu- far skirt. or less expensive for the reason that it entails SO few purchases of minor details. The lace or net. whichever is used. serves as a trimm- lEg to itself and there is always more CT less silk or satin dress incapaci lated by the change of fashions which will skinner out through the over skirt with all the effect of an abso- lutelv new lining.
 A very chic design in separate skirts is one showing scalloped yoke This yoke is quite deep. extending further below the hips than any that has yet been seen. and the outline is accent uated by fancy stitching or appliques of smart little bands. The 'corsage skirt though graceful and pretty is more or less difficult because it re- quiTes not only perfectly formed figure. but one that is 1.-the and free to be really effective.
 There has never been a season when so many beautiful modices were dis played in the shops. Many of the otk ;1 grey and. by the way, the same non commi.tal tones are used for separate skirts.
 A becoming afternoon after bodice in azure silk crepe de Chine is en- brodered in trailing pattern in white silk and worn with skirt of grey tamine over blue silk. Between the rows of embroidery are groups of tiny tucks, hand-sewn, arranged ten to a group, ard stitched so that each half faces the other to form a box pIait. The fashion of combining two distinct styles of lace upon one gown is portrayed effectively in this bodice, the yoke Of white Chanti!ly while the applique bordering it is carried out in clunny.
 White glace silk and satin bodices which are extremely popular this sea son are trimmed with drop ornaments on black and white, these ornaments being intermingled with hand em. broidery in Persian colors. Those waists have a peculiar advantage in that they can be made at home as full draughting outlines each pattern.
 Very few of the smart gowns this year are destinel to future renovating They ara co c11f mn in fho 0riQinal nrO-