Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-09-14


it is a handsome back, especially for a
cloth gown.
If it is possible, skirts are growing
fuller and fuller around the bottom
and flatter and closer about the hips.
They also stand out more around the
feet, with less of the drag" appear
ance.
Tailor Effects.
There is a great fancy evincing it
self for plain tailored effects in both
skirts and coats, stitching used as
trimming with straps o. the same
cloth, ether straight or shaped. The
tailored coats are close fitting and
made single or double breasted with
coat sleeves widened at the hand into
a bell shape. The coats are just to the
waist-line IN length or fall a little
short Of being three-quarter length.
There have been a few draped
skirts seen, but they will not be much
worn, as they are too hideous to COM
mand respect, and when fringed make
the wearer look like a cross between
a Roman effigy and a circus rider.
Most OF the newest skirts are made
with a yoke effect, or a suggestion of
a yoke carried out by bands of cloth
and embroidery, or by incrustations
of lace about the hips. The lace eff
feet is very charming on gowns of any
material from heavy cloth TO sheerest
null and chiffon. The lace seldom
touches the girdle and is carried to a
point in front, or in points, or other
shaped design, or either side of a
front panel. With a skirt yoke of this
sort the sleeves of the waist to match
may be advantageously trimmed at the
top in a corresponding design, the
lace running we'll down toward the col
lar.
Skirts combining all of the fashions
are rather handsome when well worn.
! saw one that was laid in diagonal
tucks divided in front and back by a
row of deep lace. Well above the
knees began a deep series of cord
shirring, with a band of lace above
and below, While the bottom was
finished by an accordian plating a
foot wide in front and gradually in
creasing in width toward the back to
a short tram. 1t was Of corn-colored
crepe de chene
The panel effects are very smart /
saw one street skirt-not a walk
ing" skirt-that had a shirred yoke
divided in front by a narrow panel and
in back by a double box Dlait Many
of the new evening models snow panel
skirts. There is one gathered onto the
band in back with a pointed panel in
front, quite wide at the feet and very
narrow at the waist, and a timer one
on each side The gown was of palest
gray meteor crepe and the panels were
of finely shirred turquoise blue tulle.
The decOllete waist had a large panel
across the front that ended in the mar
row girdle in a fine point
A very pretty walking skirt was in
three cores, with a plated back. The
seams down the sides were crossed
from waist to skirt bottom with mar
row traps held on each gore by small
metal buttons, the straps being placed
no more than three inches apart.
There is a plated skirt that is re-
markably handsome. 1t is of plain
cloth and the plaits are two inches
wide. They are not stitched down.
but are very closely pressed. Two
broad cloth bands run across the
back and to a point in front, leaving
a space from end to end of seven
inches. The bands are not stitched
down, but are held to the skirt by a
series OF fat gun metal buttons. The
same effect is carried out at the knees,
only here the lands do not meet in
back.
The silk street costumes that have
been so popular during the spring and
viii be worn for fall in light
weight woods; each costume to be
worn with top coat in cool weather.