Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-04-04
W YORK FASHION
LETTER

Iates from Paris and try to make the
Dest OF the situation. Not until the
new models have arrived does their
real mission begin. They deserve
great credit for the ingenuity and the
excellent taste which they dislay in
celebrating and modifying the i'm.
ported models, thus introducing an
element of charming variety. without
deviating from the main features of
the approved Paris styles.
After considerable experimenting a
really new style of corset has been
evolved and the new corset forms one
OF the most important and interesting
novelties brought over from Paris
this year It is woven of silk, is thin
and elastic and does not contain stays
OF any material 1t is an excellent
thing from a hygienic point of view,
but 1t is more than doubtful whether
1t ever will become popular. Women
with good forms and well developed
busts will undoubtedly adopt that new
style with enthusiasm, 'but the over.
whelming majority of women, less
prodigally gifted by nature will
scarcely take to corset which not
only does not hide defects, but rather
emphasizes them. The Malllot cor.
sets, as they are called, are Just the
thing for the coming spring styles.
which demand closest fitting to the
figure.
White linens will be extensively
used during the coming summer sea
son and there is every indication
that they will be even more popular
than last year OF course, white in
this case is merely a generic term,
as there are many different shades of
white, from cream to delicate ecru.
from pearl to oyster gray. Linen
walking suits with killed and plain
skirts, boleros or long jackets, reach.
ing down below the knees, will be
worn a great deal The skirts of
these suits will be worn quite short.
shorter in fact than those of walking
suits made of cloth.
The Characteristic tendency to ex-
travagance and elaborateness of the
coming spring styles is not confined
to gowns, waists and jackets. It ex-
tends to a large degree to other parts
of women's apparel. Spring petit
coats will be more extravagant and
elaborate than ever before and the
richest materials will be used in their
making. Taffeta will be extensively
used, but also thin and pliable pompa.
dour silks, which will At tightly
around the hips, but will be quite far
ing and bulky Many of the new pat.
terms show exquisite hand embroid-
cries and are trimmed with lace
houncings and ribbons of beautiful
colors. The new radium ribbons,
which have a peculiar blueish cream |
tint of remarkable brilliancy, will be
used much for trimming underskirts !
and promise to become highly popu-
lar The new color is quite peculiar
and striking and is highly effective
for trimming purposes in connection
with other colors.
The pompadour rose promised to be
used this spring for deco
rative purposes on many spring
goods. Its use will be quite general
and will blossom on dresses, para.
soils, ribbons and even on upholster.
ing fabrics and wall paper. Many Of
the newest gauzy cottons show the
rose pattern, large or
small, the roses arranged singly or in
punches. There is even a new ma.
terial called pompadous crepe, which |
comes only in some sort Of rose de-
sign.
The same pompadour roses appear
on silk ribbons and the workmanship |
in some of the more expensive of
these ribbons is exquisite. The same
design is used in upholstery goods,
combined with tapestry ef-