Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-06-05
SUMMER FASHION TALK
CRASH rs FASHIONABLE FOR
STREET WEAR AND VERY
COMFORTABLE.
How the capricious Goddess Has At
fiicted the Fashionable Fabrics Who
Did Not Guess Correctly.

NEW iOhh, May WOMEN VIII
cannot leave town SO early in the
season are consoling themselves by
wearing the most delightful thing in
frocks. Crash is very fashionable fol-
street wear, besides being extremely
comfortable.
Special attention is being paid to
skirts of this material because they
are effective with sheer lawn and lin
en- shirt waists. The curved fiOunce
that has long been a favorite mode OF
finishing the bottom of a skirt is en-
ployed again this season, with an ad-
dition above the line where the dounce
is set in. This consists of fanciful
~stitchings and strappings Of the same
material with sometimes a piping OF
white linen or chambray of a contrast
ing color. The linen colored braids
are exceeding chic for crash suits as
well as skirts and many show touches
Of color such as red berries, green
leaves or delicate flowers embroider.
ed very small in the mesh.
Many women are using linen braids
! because they have not been done to
death as have the lace insertions.
In fact the latter has ben accepted
with rather too much zeal and the in
expensive laces with which the coun-
tiers overflow, have wrung their death
knell.
Yet there remain some very dainty
patterns that will no doubt success
fully defy the crusade against lace
decoration. Among these are Ham
burg insertions and antique lace, the
best of the new showings. In many
skirts trimmed with the former, en-
broidery runs in rows five or six in
ches apart from the hem to the belt
line. In others the front gore is per-
fectly plain and the sides and back
are trimmed. The prettiest effects
gained by the use of antique lace
form tabliers running the entire
length of the skirt and waist.
Shirt waists and summer dresses
that were exhibited at prices beyond
all dreams of ayarice, one might al
most say, at the beginning Of the seq
-
son have been marked down and it is
possible to get an exceedingly smart
bodice or thin frock for a reasonable
sum. Some of the daintiest designs
are in the most tantalizing shade al
green-a shade which seems to re.
fuse the counterfeit. Whatever else
can be said in its favor, it must be ad.
mitted that it is poor policy to buy
a very cheap green dress; it not only
wears badly, but looks ugly and plays
havoc with the complexion. None
OF the dainty shades of green can be
purchased in materials costing less
than t~hirty-fve cents a yard. 1t is
economy in the long run, however, to
pay more and be sure of getting your
moneys worth in style and design.
A charming little green dimity has
the skirt tucked below a close fitting
yoke strapped with bias bands of the
same material. Accentuating the out
line of the yoke is a band of Hamburg
insertion which extends down each
side of the front gore over the seams
The bodice has round yoke formed
Of the dimity laid in tucks about al
inch and a half wide. Below the yoke
and extending to what would be either
side Of the opening if the waist fast
ened in the front, are bands of inser
ton. The space between is filled
with a bow of black liberty ribbon
formed by streamers which emerge
from under the laces.
Gradually the fullness of the sleeve
Is creeping above the elbow, from
which joint the arm is more or less
closely fitted. Below the elbow ample
cuffs are trimmed with several tiers
of rare fiounces of braids put on t
stimulate ~flounces. Three seems to b.
the magic number and one sees three
frills on the skirt, three rows of inser
~tion above the frills. the bodice tuck
ed in groups Of three, the sleeve!
trimmed with three epaulettes ant
three materials used for the stock-th'
silk foundation, chiffon covering thei
final applique of lace.
Stocks and collars were never 81
pretty as this year. French knots
which, too, have done valiant service
are being replaced TO a certain ey
tent by pretty colored stones embed
ded through the laces. There is alb
solutely no set rule by which one cal
select neckwear this season, because
one portion of the fashionable worlt
is clamoring for soft throat covering
while the other Is advocating the NOR,
trying lines Of the stiff linen collar