Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-10-02
FASHIONS OF THE SEASON.
Some of the Latest ideas In Gowns, Goats
and Millinery.

OF what VIII De 1aSl1OuaUle LllS sedsOu
in millinery, coats and gowns. Itsays:
Here is an exhibition of new gowns.
coats aud millinery, which gives in a
nutshell most of the new ideas of the
season. Skirts are full, the greater
number of them, tucked. shirred, some
times tucked and shirred at one and
the same time; plated, and where they
still cling to the close fitting lines
showing hip yokes and front panels,
and the back frequently without a
Yestige of fullness except where they
are cut in graceful curves.
Fancy tailor suits are made up with
tcolors, a bit OF this introduced into the
Jacket in some way, and are trimmed
with handsome buttons in metal com
bined frequently with small buttons
matching the material of the gown in
color. Leather is used with these
fancy tailor mades, and is freq uently
stitched with silk to match the fOun-
dation color. In addition to the leath-
er. lace also goes into the pretty suits.
Severe tailor suits are made with the
long. simple coats, = three.quarter
lengths as rule.
| Evening coats come in long and
three quarter lengths as usual, and are
made of cloth and silk combined with
chiffon and laces, in many Of the finest
I0n to hoin inf
ment. Fur trims the heavier cloth
coats.
In furs moleskin is the latest. and
appears in coats. muffs and collars,
plain and frequently com bined with
ermine. Squirrel will be worn as last
year, and is also combined frequently
| with ermine.
| The domestic gowns are among the
handsomest, and one of the closely fit
| ting ones is of lavender of heliotrope
crepe do chine combined with a pale
blue. The upper part, or deep yoke,
] to the gown is of rich heavy lace,
fitting smoothly over the chest and
shoulders. and finishing with fall of
| fringe over the tops fthe sleeves. The
stock is of lace finished with line Of
blue around the top to match the velvet
around the waist. The bodice below
the lace yoke is of the plain crepe de
chine full at the top and gathered in
full ct the waist line,
| The skirt is made Of tucks and lace
tucks set diagonaliy, fitting snugly
over the hips down to the first broad
band Of lace let in a deep point, more
tGcks below this and another pointer
band of lace. A straight band Of the
same lace is set into the smooth back
and carried the full length OF the gown.
The hat worn with this gown is blue
fur felt trimmed with silk the color of
the gown.
One OF the fancy tailor suits, three
piece suit, is of dark blue voile, with
a beloro worn over a charming little
blouse of white India silk, the front in
a delicate design of drawn work and
fastened at one side with large pearl
| buttons. The skirt is one of the nine
gore variety, the seams piped with
dark-blue silk to match, at the lower
part of each seam band of ark blue
silk being carried up for a quarter of
a yard or so and finished On the edges
with buttons. Down the centre OF the
| back is carried another band Of silk,
some two inches wide, and also edged
with small blue buttons. There are
straps of the dark silk buttons cover
ing the shoulder seams.
| The sleeves and lower part of the
placket in front have little turn back
reYers Of white leather, each fattened
with good-sized bronze button. The
revers are sJ1tched with dark blue silk,
and so is the belt to the gown, which
is also of the white leather, and fast
ening in front with a large oval
brass buckle Of simple design. The
sleeve is interesting. The upper part
OF cloth reaches little below the elbow,
aud below that the sleeve is of dark
blue chiffon In rufflas forming a puff,
while below that is deep cuff of al
tel nate rows of chiffon and silk. Bright
color is introduced in the facing of the
front Of the jacket, which has white
silk for a foundation, and carried
length hwise over this several rows OF
narrow white lace alternating with
sou tache braid in bright red.
A beautiful coat Of white cloth is
trimmed with broad bands of squirrel
This is long coat with straight
front and full back. The fullness is
given by two side plaits folded toward
the centre, and some little distance
apart on either eide of the back. The
coat is finished around the lower edge
with the deep band of fur carried up
at each seam fOr about foot. There
! is a single, simple shoulder cape edged
with the fur and carried up for a short
distance at intervals agreeing with
the trimming around the lower edge
The edges of the large sleeves are fin
;shed IN the same way, aud the fur il
carried around the neck and down The
front. There is d white, fancy brait
on the outside of the band of fur
which finishes the neck, falling witt
tasse,ed ends on either side Of the front
It is a quiet, rich and beautiful gar
ment. A line Of embroidery on the in
side of the fronts is in gray and laven
der with touch of black.
A French blue cloth among the i'm
ported gowns has the new molesklr
introduced into the white wool lace
which forms the upper part of th
D bodice and band around the skirt
The fur is set in large pieces into tn
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