The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-27

As every woman frankly confeases the
shops Of New York are alluring at all
seasons. and the fashion notes from Goth
am settle the many momentous questions
that fit across a woman's mind as her
thoughts turn to what shall wear when
my summer chiffons are folded away"
To the woman who wishes to be quite
modish. the following New York letter,
written for this department by Mr.. John
Bruce Simpson, of Birmingham, will be
very interesting. Mr.. Simpson is spending
several weeks in New York and will con-
tribute to these columns a series of ,arti-
cles on the latest and most beautiful FASH
ions for women.
His letter follows:
Agreeable to the promise made to you.
that l would write while in New York,
I take pleasure in giving you at this
time, some hints of the impressions
have received. of what will in my opinion
be the prevailing modes for the fall and
winter seasons. l say simply hints" for
at this time, while the importations from
Paris, London and Berlin, the fashiona-
BILE marts of the world, have mostly been
received, and are now on exhibition, yet,
our own manufacturers who make tho
American women, and are today even ex-
porting many of their creations until
in this, as in art, there is now recognize
ed American school of mode. Yet, they
seem very much Eat sea" as to what will
be the popular thing for the coming sea-
son. But while this is true IN sense,
at the same time the feverish uncertainty
concerning dominant styles, which has
been the prominent characteristic of past
seasons at time corr esponding with this
is this year more or less absent. Every
American designer has evidently been a
| law unto himself ard has taken his own
productions as models, rather than, as
so oftimes heretofore, waited for the
So called leaders to pronounce their YER
diet This state of affairs proves conclu-
/ sive1y that the women of America are no
] longer slsvishly tied to one or Two mod
/ els to the exclusion of all others, but
will wear what individually becomes
/ them, and So In this letter. can simply
hope to forecast a few of the ideas that
will play a part in the manner of dress.
and the making of styles for the fall
season.
OF course, in Alabama, the modish wo-
man is more interested in tailor-made
suits then almost any other part of her
wearing apparel. This Is due to the mild
ntss of cur winters which make it the
most useful and sensible of all garments
for general wear, and so I will note some
of the changes so far made In the single
and double-bresstod. as well as Norfolk
effects in Jacket suits Of last season, are
again much shown for this fall and win
ter, and they have many advocates, but
the blouse Jacket suit Is coming in again,
and bids fair to lead The race for popular
ity. The blouse this fall will not be so
long or full as that worn season before
last In fact, all the long front WASTED
effects which have been so much the
vogue for the Fast two seasons promise
to be relegated to the rear. A new feat
ure in great many new suits and wraps.
as well as skirts, is the slot seam."
This is a SD all inverted seam, which.
when worn flares open, giving very new
and pretty effect. The novelty of it is
very much beautifiad in some of the gar
ments by lining the inverted seam with
contrasting color sometimes m cloth,
but frequently In velvet. There are sew
eral new sleeves shown, one IL called sfN
n en6olin sleeve, because of its resem-
blance to that instrument. being tight
from the shoulder to the elbow, and
rounding full between the elbow and the
cuff which Is close and tight. Another
pretty sleeve saw was small box plated
from shoulder to the elbow, where the
box plats full out to a regular Bishop
puff, and finishes with a tight round cuff.
In skirts both of suits and separate,
there is a marked tendency to longer
trains than have been worn. and 1t would
not be surprising to see this fad carried
to the extreme before the winter is far
advanced. This will be particularly true
of the finer dresser skirts. One decid-
| ed change, which seems to be a settled
| fact, is the dcCm Of the fiounce and the
revival of the straight hared skirt. A
great many of these are being shown