Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-05-14

SHIT has not ytathcI Cos limit There
seems t1 Dec tendency to expand tho
volume of tuo skirts. t0 che uttor 40.
spalr OF an stout women. 10 seems
after 81. that those Who predicted
vhon the skirts began t1 become ful..
cr that Emo now fa.a.on would NOT
last LONG. and uruld. certainly not su
beyond most moderate I.m.l were
mistaken A. rHi tho skirts mcrCly
showed a suggestion of u'luoss by
nhrIu. l' ii. bottom After "a while
tho souC Uf u.lbgas began i0 ,tt,ul
Co Zoe rogion OF the knees and step
by step the fulluuss r.r.niCl in tho
bin region Now, so 30 s reported
from Paris. there ls every reason Go
believe that Ono proDo.s oft gradual
expansion will not stop ut One lower
part OF the hip bot that after q while
the fulluCss OF tho skirt w.I begin
right 40 the whisihand
Stout wom are at a great dis.
advantage 10 following Che now
fashion Eyon az the umo when tho
fuilnasa dii not reach above the
knoo a short. stout woman. with mid.
len skirts would resemble nothing
more closely than a big bell 18th Geo.
rlm Widely curved out. What are they
going 90 DO when fun skirts with the
fullncsa beginning a. tho vn'sthand
are the siylo1 They viii have but two
alternatives They have che choice
between following the fashion and
wearing skirts that make them look
az biz and clumsy ag a barrel. 0r sac
rifico styllshness Tor the sake OF so.
caring a more graceful appearance.
The slender ana graceful woman
on the other hand. could not possibly
'lnd any more style moro becoming
TO her chan tho skirts OF tho present
fashion. Tho effect % tho graceful
lines formed by the iudiciousy full
skirta upon o slender woman lH OK.
qulaito aud far pfcitior than amy.
thing shown fof many years
There ls. however. also an econ.
0mic side to Che new style ~ iB
inorc expensive than the style boo
voru uo or three years ago whom
fashion dUcrood that the skirts must
boz almost skin tight For che now
style kirt a great deal moro maiCr
ial Be- required than Tor the skirt of
two years ago. ana that alone haa
caused a considerable increase ln the
cost of dresses But that ls not all
The trimming and ornamontatiou OF
skirts Is infinitely moro elaborate
than 70 used 90 De and on many of
he matorIala used, liko lace. are quito
expensive. the large increase Ga the
amount oi material required Tor trim.
mig. under tho now regime means q
corresponding increase lu che cost OF
modern skirts.
Some OF Che latest models imported
from Paris are designed 90 produce a
regular boil effect. Thoy ara fuller
a. tho hips than below the hips. and
are drawn In markedly just above
the knees. ,larinF out ugain below
the hnccs. roaching their greatest
ullness az tho bottom There O. a dc.
cidcd tendency toward producing
edo and picturesque. sometimes even
bizarre forms ana tho employment OF
methods OF ornamontation original
and quaint Some OF the costumes are
actually dowly Many OF the cos.
tunes contain peculiar features OF
styles belonging 20 various periods
and which 90 not always harmonlze
very woli u must be- said that Che
result of those combinations e. not
always happy and artistic. and IRE.
qusntly botrays decidedly bad taste.
One OF the most striking features Is
the fact that ln the trimming and or.
namyutation 9f these modern dresses
every resource OF the drcssmakors'
aH ia drawn upon and sometimes q
dOzen different means arc used o.
combination There may be- inser
lions. hand embroidery, laco8, rob
hons. corded gatherings, frillH. ruitl.
inga guaffings and stitches OF every
Kind and description employed In com
hlnation on ono ana The same skirt
That the effect Of a skirt thus over
trimmed and Cyor-ornamCnted is not
always pleasing viii not be surprIs
inE. or course similar cases were Boy
10 means impossible with the Tor.
NOR styles. bat there cannot De the
least doubt that the extravaganza
which has ruled n the domaine OF
fashion FOR over a year now. has great
ly increased the tendency 20 excuses
IN trimming and ornambnling dresses.
During iho season Just ended vel
vets Of an kinds we're rather an i'm.
portant factor among the materials
used for fashionable costumes. There
were few new kinds OF exquisite
torture IN the market. besides the reg
ular qualities aud there were also a
few new colors IN some az the spo.
ella! qualities OF light volyets The
demand was unusually great and
there "a good reason 90 believe that
there will be even q greater demand
for that charming material next sea.
son II seems that velora, chiffon and
vclours gauftre viii probably b3 the
most favored among the numerous
varieties Some new patterns are
promised and an OF them VIII Dee in
the nature Of Improvements Yolours
Rauffros will mostly be in small and
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