The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-11-07
WITH DANE Fashion


horse show were never so beautiful as
they are this year. Smart couturieres
have employed every possible detail
Of dress for this wonderful exhibition
of Beauty and the Beast" to enhance
the loneliness of my ladys toilettes.
Velvet gowns will be in the ascen-
dency, with rich russell brown and
the new shade of bluet vieing for pop
ular approval. Both have their ad-
vantages, with the sole possible dis
advantage of being trying to certain
compilations, and it is the smart thing
to have a touch Of white in the trim
ming no matter what other tlnts are
used in the decoration.
From a fashionable standpoint the
horse show will be a distinctly Ameri-
can affair, for few of the toilettes worn
by society women will be Of foreign
design. A handsome gown designed
for an American heiress soon to mar
ry to titled foreigner is developed
in russell brown velvet and lined
throughout with white satin. The
skirt has seven cores with plaits at
the back. At each seam there are in
sert pieces of brown peau de sole deco
rated with handsome embroidery and
heading the seams are three short
straps fastened with buttons.
The coat is a half-long close fitting
affair, with gathered skirt piece, trim
med with satin braid in scroll design
1t opens over a yOke-piece of en-
broidered white cloth SO skilfully dec
grated that only bit of the white is
visible here and there.
The sleeves are Of the bishop pattern
with cuffs of the white cloth lined
with white satin and edged with a
tiny brown silk cord.
A smooth silk beaver hat trimmed
about with rich brown satin ribbon
completes the costume.
Another frock in this fortunate
young woman's wardrobe which your
correspondent was privileged to see
is made of bluet velvet, panne instead
of silk velvet being employed. The
skirt shows the seams overlapping
each other and rounded away at the
bottom not unlike a tunic effect. From
the lower edge of the hem almost to
the knees the seams are trimmed
with dark greenish blue enamelled
buttons to accentuate the enamelled
away idea. There is not a suggestion
Of fulness about the hips and a row of
buttons smaller than those used on
the bottom of the skirt running
around the hips might prove founda-
ton for the assertion that the lower
part of the skirt consisted of a deep
f1ounce buttOned to a hip-yoke Of the
same material. The opening, however
is accomplished invisible at the left
side.
The bodice is of bluet satin tucked
all over. A low-cut bolero of panne
velvet laid in box plaits is draped
over the bodice to fall to the top if
a high girdle of crushed velvet
Finishing the bolero is deep
handkerchief collar of the velvet en-
broidered in very heavy greenish
white chrysanthemums with pale pink
centres.
The sleeves are plated at the Shout
ders, but below the elbows the plaits
are allowed to fall unconfined into
a rather square puff until within four
or five inches of the wrist, when there
Cr9thpraH ooi,, nj a o1ncn
cuff trimmed with the heavy en-
broidered flowers.
Nothing short of a great assem-
blage of fashionable folk could drive
the modistes to the desperation Of re-
viving satin gowns for the sake of
novelty. Yet some very delightful
models are on exhibition for the
horse show. A lustrous black satin
COSTUME shows the skirt embroidered
in fuschias, with the same floral dec
Grafton repeated on the bodice. Bands
varying in width from five inches to
one are apliqued upon the skirt from
belt to hem and the white mousseline
yoke of the waist is bOrdered with
the trimming. The sleeves are of
black Chantilly falling gracefully
from the shoulders after the angel
pattern. Underneath is another sleeve
of the satin gathered into a cuff of
lace and embroidery.
Some very handsome black gowns
with small hats in the most delicate
colors are worn, pink, blue, pale green
and mauve. constituting particularly
charming color schemes. With
black point d'esprit Of pale rose satin
there comes an evening hat which is
a compromise between a turban and
a toque. It is made Of pale pink silk
chenille and has the upturned brim
faced with folds of chiffon. No other
trimming than an osprey adorns it.
The task of duplicating such de-
sign would be comparatively easy be-
cause almost any one could put the
osprey in place; or a rosette of vel