Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-10-01
NEW YORK FASHION, LETTER
BY ESTELLE CLAIRENoNT

NEW YORK, oct. This autumn |
and winter promises to see Il revival of
capes or of wide cloaks, half cape |
half cloak, with enormous sleeves for |
wear with the gowns whose sleeves are
large above the elbows and wide about |
the shoulders; no other wraps are an
propriate for such frocks, and when !
huge sleeves were worn some years ago.
capes of all sorts We're fashionable.
These loose wraps come in length as
far, at least, the knees. The new
shoulder effects in coats and wraps is
the broad and square, but not square.
Those who are what is termed high
shouldered' should avoid these effects.
The perfect shoulder slopes downward
from the neck and can stand the square
effect at the shoulder edges, but the
shoulders not so shopping are made to
look deformed by the square finish.
A smart walking costume just from
Paris is a dark blue serge skirt and
coat. The skirt has a groupe of plaits
down the front, another at the back.
two on each side that extended from
| top to bottom, and between these the
| skirt is cut to flare around the feet
The coat is almost tightfitting, and has
| long skirts almost to the knees; these
are plain. At the waistline there is a
row of seven large. blue buttons. ane
being below the waistline. Six inches
from the waistlne the cut is cut out
to show a guimpe of ecru linen, with
its stocked edged with embroidery in
blues and tans. The edges of the open
| ing in the coat over the guimpe are
plain, but underneath the edges, out of
| sight are a series of silk covered rings,
| through which blue silk braid a half
1 inch wide is laced from to pto bottom,
making five KS across the guimpe
/ Where the braid stops at the outside
and lower part of the opening the ends
are concealed by loops and drops OF
blue silk passementerie. The sleeves
droop in voluminous folds from
shoulders to elbows, and the plated in
to cuffs eight inches deep at the out
side by six inside of the serge. These
cuffs have blue crochet buttons at the
outside, and blue silk braid Is caught
to form tiny crosses or KS at the in
side. the ends being fastened at the
tops of the cuffs under buttons.
Another smart street costume il
strongly suggestive of military MODES
in it's cut and its braid decorations
1t is a golden brown chiffon broadcloith
and STARTS in a tight-fitting coat tina
extends almost to the knees. The Goa
is perfectly plain save that in the from
there is a row of braid loops on eacl
side. These side-fronts, which ar
tight over the hips, open over waist
coat of cream colored CLOTH with
stock and wide cravant, with SCARF end
of yellow colored lace. There are gol'
buttons on the waistcoat. which come
a little below the waistline. Inc Goa
fronts are fastened securely TO Tn
waistcoat and flare out only trihe
On each side row of braid ornameh,
| extend from the neck to the pottoH
the coat Each is six inches long
length running of course, across TN
coat Each is formed of double loops Q
silk braid an inch wide and somewha
darker than the coat, and these term
nate at the edge of the Goa. IRON
under large brown velvet buttons nav
ing raises crochet centres ABOUT III
neck of the coat, which is only sllshti
rounded out. is very narrow turne
down collar of dark brown VelVet EN-
broidered in gold thread. Inc Sleeve
are wide coat sleeves, ana emu hail wa
from elbows to wrists, and are hiisie
with wide, f1aring cuffs of brown We
vet each having a row or the iars
huttons at the top. and each haVh
small square outlined on the lowe
edge and centre with strip OF prov