Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-29
9OR- M0WHN'S DGPHRTWEN
THE EASTER GIRL OF 1908

The Easter girl of 1908 will be fin
ished picture. She has profited by the
mistakes of the Easter girls of the past
and learned that the secret of appro-
pirate dressing is to study herself and
her own individuality, and then to see
that her dress and herself harmonic,
as it were. She has also learned to
weave the magic charm in her dress
by careful attention to the little de-
tails of her costume. The Easter girl
this year will be the personifcation of
good taste. Though her gowns will
represent much money, yet in no way
will they conspcuously display that
fact; they will reveal the work OF the
artist in their design and color COM
binations As for their elaboration,
there is no end to it. and yet so skill
fully are the trimmings introduced that
they seem as If a part of the fabric and
not q separate decoration.
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The new Easter gowns are as varied
in design as tho girls who will wear
them. Many of the new spring gowns
will carry out the one-c0lor idea, and
all-black costumes will be decidedly the
vogue. Dresses of black cloth combin-
ed with heavy black lace will be seen
in the Easter parade. Black etamine
frocks will be embroidered in black,
and black cloth and canvas gowns will
be elaborately braided. More than half
OF the street costumes for the early
spring will show the shoulder cape i'll
one form or the other; in fact, it is the
originality of this shoulder cape which
stamps the gown distinctive and new.
1t must be deep; it must accentuate
the sloping shoulder effect, and it must
either be elaborately trimmed, or made
of different laces or a combination OF
silk or linen appliques and lace.
Soft clinging materials are among
the faVorite fabrics this spring. Ac-
cordon plating is again the fashion,
and much shirring will be introduced
on both skirts and sleeves. Few plain
gowns are being made up; in almost
every instance the spring costumes
will be used in profusion. and one lace
applioued upon another will often be
seen. The dyed laces are coming into
special prominence, as we'll as the
laces embroidered in silk threads. But
tons, tassels and pendant trimmings
of all sorts are the vogue. Velvet
ribbon in all widths will be used on the
new gowns and lace stole ;effScts
threaded with narrow ribbons are good
style
In contrast to the all-black costume
many delicately colored gowns will be
worn. Biscuit color is a fashionable
shade, as we'll as orangeade, pale gray,
a delicate tint of blue and apricot and
burnt orange in Combination. A touch
of green in varying tints will often be
seen in the new gowns. and all the
shades of brown arc modish.
Skirts are much more difficult
problem than ,hey We're few seasons
ago; they are plated. tucked. shlrred;
they show rows of pipings and insets /.
of exquisite trimmings. In length they
will continue long with graceful
demi-train, with the exception OF the
walking skirt: which is now invariably (
made instep length, escaping the
ground all the way round.
In planning the Easter wardrobe
some Sort of a fanciful coat must be
included. 1t may be of light weight
cloth combined with heavy lace; it may
be of silk richly embroidered, or it
NAV be of satir lavishly trimmed with !
Jet: S,ut in design it must be pictur-
esque loose fitting. with full, flowing
sleaE s and made collarless, with a j
shodc >r cape of beauty.
~ Q substitute for this style OF !
wrap there are fluffy boas in a most |
temnting variety. Quite fad right
now lis to have the boa of moussline
match in color the gown with which it
is worn. With a wood brown etamine