The Jersey City news., 1903-10-06
Then You Must Wear Vel
vet on Every Possible
Ccaasion.
IT'S the Absolute NECESSITY
Some Elegant Ways Of Max
ing It Up Nice Little
Dinner Jackets.

A~Sti4SAes Die--aHu Npdt SAfi uoeS Hut -
will have the very comfortable conscious
ness that in following the dictates of her
modiste, or of whomever she entrusts
with the matter Of her. clothes. she will
not only be right in the front rank Of
Fashions followers. but that also she
will be able to look her very best while
doing so. That is. of course. if she wears
velvet. For the decree has gone forth
that this is to be velvet season, and
there is no possible sartorial use to which
velvets can be or may be put, from the
crown of the head almost to the sole of
the shoe, in which they will not make
their appearance during the autumn and
winter months to come And this is a
decree to be welcomed, for after all there
is no fabric which is SO universally be-
coming as is velvet,
This season the. fashionable girl will
not be confined to one or two colors. She
can wander at will among the shades
and tints of the color card, and know
that il consulting her own peculiar style
Of complexion and colering she may in
dulge her uttermost fancics without even
a suspicion thai the color may declare
the garment passe.
OF course, there are some shades and
rolors which Fashion favors rather than
others. Black. as always in velyets, is
in the lead, but there are colorings which
press itsclosely for first favor All of the
purple and violet shades ara seen in fash
icaable haunts. and there is new shade
which the French call auberigne. which is
inst the color of the outside of an egg
plant. This takes ca an added softness
aud beauty in the velvet pile. and when
combined with rich lace, as was one
seen the other evening at smart res
taurant, the effect was all that could be
desired
Settled that velvet is to be the thing.
of course the smart girl considers her
hats first. There is an old axiom-or
is it a tradition ITO the effect that black
above the face makes the wearer look
younger. whilst black below the chin
makes one look, well, at least, all of
ones years, if not older. The smart
girl. then. who. knows just when she
looks her best. is likely to select at least
one black velvet hat, and there are sew
eral COED shapes now in the milliners'
show cases which she can adopt. For
wear with her walking suit of black Eng
lish velvet. which she will have made
with three--quafter length coat and
plated skirt which will clear the ground
all around, she will have smart little
sailor. with perhaps n huge cut jet
buckle and a smart blackbird or seagull
poised on the left side. For use with the
calling costume. which she reserves for
afternoon wear, the picture lsatsnar all
eminently suitable. These develop their
best points in black also. and the girl
who wenld be in the very first fight of
fashion will order ain exact copy of the
Gainsborough model, the one in the pic
tufe of the famous Georg;ana. Duchess
Of Deyonshire. she who went exction-
eering and sold kisses in exchange for
votes in days gone by. To those to whom
S this particular model will not prove be-
coming--and they be few-the clever
milliner can make bend, or a turn, or
a twist in the brim which will bring it
within the possibilities of the wearer.
while still further adaptations can be
made by making tie bandeau which fits
the shape to the head high or bow, as oc-
cas;on may require.
And since I is to be velvets, the manu-
facturers have put their heads together
and given us such variety of weaves
and such diversity of colers that the
difficulty is not to decide whether you
want a velvet, but just which velvet you
shall choose. For hats-since we are
speaking of hats--there is the new long
nap panne which in some colorings looks
exactly like fur. A very smart one, as
seen at one of the suburban horse shows
the lother day, required more than one
look to tell whether it was fashicSad
Of nloleskin-the latest applicant in furs
for fashions favor-or of velvet, and
only very close inspection, indeed, de-
elded the question in favor of the velvet.
And at this same morse show there was
seen velvet gown which is worthy of
notice. Of deep emerald green velyeteen
the coat was cut after the somewhat ser
BhAa corset" model, each one Of the
seams being covered with a black
raid which had the tresses woven
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