The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-28

Like her grandmother and yet unlike
her, will be the Easter girl Of 1908. She
will copy outright many of the fashion
frills of her grandmother's gowns She
will be quantity picturesque demure
sometimes, and yet with 1t all she will
have the modern girls individuality, dash
and style.
The conspicuous features Of the spring
fashions which the Easter girl will adopt
are the collarless neck, long, dropping
shoulder, the very full, much trimmed
skirt, and the vogue for fringe, pendant
and tassel trimmings. All these fashion
ideas We're the mode as long ago as in the
early f1fties.
But the gowns Of to-day clearly show
an evolution of the artistic in dress. Many
of the new imported spring models are
genuine works of art, not only In their
color. combination and design, but in the
clever and original way In which the
trimming is introduced. In the materials
| the transparent effects are in favor. Loose
ly woven canvas both silk and wool gren-
adine, wolfe, crepe de Chine and etamine
are all counted in fashionable favor. These
materials are all wonderfully effective
when used to fashion the new skirts. %
| A special point Of interest in regard to
the skirt of the spring Is its unusual full
ness in the beginning. That is, the skirt
starts out to be wonderfully and uncom-
fortably FULL almost full enough-O,
skirt. But, of course, the American girl
and the up-te-date dress designer scorn
a skirt hanging straight and full and more
or less Disgusting the curves of the figure.
The fulness must be confined. It must be
held into the figure in shirrs or plaits. In
one way or another the skirt must show
the outline of the hips, no matter how
much fluffy fulness there may be at the
bottom.
The 'tunic skirt and the many hounced
skirt are fashionable, to be sure, but in
| variably they are made to cling to the
figure about the hips. The hip yoke is as
much the mode as ever, and shirred eff
fects, the shirring arranged at set inter-
walls from the waist to the knees, are the
height Of fashion.
! Many varieties Of lace are used In ono
costume and the laces, such as Para
quay, with their drawn work effects are
the height Of fashion. Filet lace designs
darned in colored silk threads are modtsh
and the dyed laces are more In favor than
ever The heavier laces are all consid-
cred smart and oftentimes heavy lace mo-
| tifs are appliqued on hln1y fabrics.
Velvet ribbon In narrow widths will
| also do It's share in adding charm to the
| Easter gowns. It is used in all sorts Of
novel ways. Very narrow black velvet
ribbons are threaded not only through
| lace beading and insertion but through
separate lace appliques. Wider widths Of
! velvet ribbon are embroidered In silk
| threads or appliqued with tiny lace de-
signs and then used as a trimming.
\ Though black Is the Most IN fsIvor, yet
4 very narrow shaded velvet ribbons are
also the mode and there is no end to the
| effective ways in which they are intro
| duced; for instance, silver-gray crepe
gown made with a tunic skirt and show
ing a. touch Of embroidery in pale green
| at the yoke Of the blouse bodice had ex-
ceptionally pretty sleeves. The upper
portion was tucked crepe like the bodice
and more or less close-itting. The I'M
dersleeves were extravagantly full and
were made Of silver-gray nousseline
striped with lace beading dyed the same
shade The rows of beading ran around
the arm, not up and down, and green vel
vet ribbon in varying shades was thread
ed through it, each piece Of velvet ribbon
being finished with a group Of dangling
loops At the wrist this elaborate under.
sleeve was finished with a narrow band
cuff of the crepe covered with embroid-
cry.
The best models among the spring coats
suggest the picturesque. The black silk
, | coats are particularly in favor. Many o
them are made with revers which shoV
either touch Of white or some delicate
color. A fashionable coat for Easter veal
is Of black peau de sole. It Is made will