Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-12-27
DICTATES OF FASHION


Soap suds" is the pretty name
borne by the latest London fashionable
color. II is opalescent, flashing a pale
green and pearl-gray on foamliEe sur.
face.
In street costumes contrasting col.
ors are greatly used. A Partisan cos.
tune just arrived is in heliot rope.col.
ored broadcloth, having a bolero with
an insertion down the front. the elbow
sleeves being finished with cuff bands
OF palest blue. embroidered in pale
lavender and still paler blues.
For riding academy purposes Eng.
fish great coats" are shown by one
or two importers. with quite the Sc.
we're cut of the masculine garments.
/ These are in queit tones. smoke or iron
gray or black, with only a relieving
note In the fur collar, which may be of
any handsome skin.
Amulets are much in favor among
fashionable women and the jewellers
are getting up many quaint little con.
ceits, containing lucky Jewels. birth.
stones and the like. The question is
whether the modern women is really
superstitious. or whether she simply
cannot withstand the temptations of
the shops.
For rough automobile and driving
wear rainproof stuff coats are more
to the fore than the old leather and
rubber models. the overheating quail.
| ties of which were decidedly against
them. The materials of these are
very handsome and the colors ripe, and
lasting and those who object to weight
get the lighter qualities and have them
made up with silk Innings.
In separate waists there Is a real
novelty in the form OF chamois blouses
These are not the chmois jackets of
the coldblooded but real waists, very
smartly made in Paris of the finest
Chamois skins in soft golden buff.
They are somewhat embroidered, and
worn with soft white collars and cuffs
are the most modish third piece shown
, for the tailored suit. Chamois Is a
very fashionable color this year. and
broadcloths and silks are shown in its
lovely golden yellow, for the many to
admire, but alas! for the few to wear
with impunity.
! Just how far the attempt to push
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mains TO be seen. There was last win.
, ter a determined effort to introduce
silks as material for street wear. but
II was only moderately successful. and
the averagre woman chung stubbornly
to her cloth an dvelveti etc. Even
during the summer the silk craze was
not so pronounced as had been proph.
esied by the silk manufacturers, for
the women showed a great liking for
the sheer veilings and novelty woods
and for muslins. Now. once more, We
hear OF a great silk season and OF
heavy talfeta, faille, armuro, etc, as
materials for handsome afternoon
street froCks. but there Is very strong
probability that the cloths, so wonder
fully beautiful now. will once more as.
sert themselves triumphantly and defy
rivalry.
One of the most curious modes OF
the moment is that feathers and furs
alike are being dyed an color to match
the fabric with which they are made
up. and every sort OF fur is pressed
into the service of feminine costume.
Baby calf makes motor coats, so do
deer skins, and we have not disregard.
cd the leopard's, for It Is employed IN
the automobile coat as well as for
n uffs and boas. Very beautiful are
the loose coats made In different kdns
, Of furs and they often have touch Of
color in velvet or satin which is alto
gether desirable. Mink coats have the
/ fashionable Capuchin hoods, in which
bind or fold of tangerint velvet gives
great effect, and these hoods are
the occasion for the introduction of
very beautiful embroideries. Fur tails
are also a favorite trimming for these
hoods, which are frequently clasped
by diamond buckles.