The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-14

sion upon the French manufacturer, who has turned his attention to the beauties oI velour Anglaise (velveteens), both plain and fancy With his usual ability 10 see good thing the French manufac- tbrer proceeded to make beavy pile vel Veteens watching plain cloths
 Many extracted effects and a vast range ot narrow stripes and dots and marks of purely French origin have been success fully marketed to the great dressmakers of Paris. who showed many such gar ments in their collections on August b. The tailor-made couturiers are especially enthusiastic upon the coming of the great velvet season.
 It is expected confidently that a fancy velvet season of great proportions will follow and that the velvet movement is really at it's beginning. Many artistic plaids, corded effects, hairline stripes. embroidered, extracted, printed and other forms, present themselves in Lyons goods. These fabrics are used for trim mings as well as for combinations and whole costumes.
 It now seems to be the consensus of opinion by those qualified to judge that a great many fancy velvets are to be employed for the building up of blouse waists. Paris houses are showing blouses made Of fancy velvet and there now seems no room for doubt that materials for this use will be generally adopted throughout the United States.
 Nearly every model house in Paris has now in work a costume built up from hollow-cut cords, and this will naturally stimulate the sales of this material in this country when the model costumes are shown during September and octo- Der.
 The most active materials at present writing comprise, first taffeta. This old time favorite is now the vogue for out side garments, full costumes, Things, petticoats and for other uses. Doubtless the second favorite in silk is peau de soie. and as a great many changes are rling on this weave a number of similar cloths are present on the market
 Buyers who are still in doubt as to the position of plain materials for the fall season should take glance at the col- leetions of trimmings shown by promi- neat houses carrying ornamentations for dress.
 A buyer returning from Paris brings in- formation to the effect that there is to be n freer use of trimmings during the coming fall and winter season.
 The reasons for plain materials holding first place are obviors Trimmings as every enc knows. appear to the best ad- vantage on plain background. as the trimmings supply the fancy effect ab- sent in the weave.
 Inasmuch as the amount of fancy silks for fall is a secondary consideration with all manufacturers moires have taken their place and are being generally adopted by merchants catering for the business of the exclusive trade.
 A great number of taffeta dresses. espe- cial1y of high-grade qualities, will be used. For separate waists immense quantities of silk are put into eonsump- tien, but for the whcle gowns there are many less expensive silks indicated, talk ing into consideration the richness of our production and the wonderful beauty of the goods for the money.
 A great consumption of soft-fnished satins for waists tell the larger part of the silk story for the fall and winter sea 1 son.
 Some rich and stately brocades velvet embossed satirs, warp-printed fancies, velvet-striped. warp-printed silks and other confecticns, dotted spotted. lined, striped and treated in novel and artistic form are utilized,