Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-24

ionable wardrobe, and this year
1t would seem as though the designers
of dress had paid especial attention to
styles for this sort of costume; GER
tainly there never have been turned out
such attractive models. In these gowns,
as In every other branch of the feminine
wardrobe, there is great variety this
season, not only in material but in de-
sign, 80 that 1t would seem to be almost
heinous crime for any woman to be
unbecomingly gowned.
Long, graceful lines are insisted upon,
and at the same time If long lines are
not becoming there is no end of
charming skirts the lines of which are
broken by trimming or by the double
skirt or by the combination of one or
two different materials. Skirts and
waists to correspond are obligatory, and
yet there never was known time when
80 many small lingerie blouses and at
tractive silk waists were made up to
wear with the coat and skirt costumes.
Velvet is again to be fashionable
material this winter, and will be greatly
in favor for street wear. A velvet cos
tune is always attractive and becom-
ing. Long skirts are said to be very
much more fashionable than short ones, |
excepting for ordinary hard wear. and
are seen on all the newest models. A |
velvet skirt made long is not possible
to walk in, but for reception, carriage |
and calling gowns the long skirt is in
finitely more graceful and becoming. |
and so fashion has decreed 1t is the one |
and only thing TO choose.
To the conservative minded velvet, |
like lace, should not be trimmed, or, If |
trimmed, then only the slightest |
amount Of trimming should be used, |
end the beauty of the material should
stand for any ornamentation required. |
The long, unbroken lines of velvet
skirt, made either in black or colored, |
cannot fail to be becoming to the ma
jority of figures, and a short Jacket or
waist with draped folds keeps the same
unbroken lines, or should keep them.
bldCk is u DG ldSIiOIlaDl6 AGAIN anu
to be more fashionable that7it was last
year, but it is iightened by the trim
ning-preferably, the embroidered
satins-and on many of the handsomer
gowns there is to be seen some ex-
quisite embroidery of the same color
as the material-a sort of braiding and
embroidery combined that is very ef-
fective and becoming.
In colored fancy velvets, whose name
is legion, embroidery of the same color
as the gown is used, with touch Of
contrast in the waistcoat Of brocade or
embroidered satin; and it must be con-
fessed that, for instance, with a gray
gown touch of yellow in the waist
and a fall of old lace seem to soften the
lines of the velvet and to make it far
more becoming. Blue and gray, pink
and gray and yellow and gray-the lat
ter always the smartest-are seen.
while green, red and yellow are all used
with black
The long coat which is to be such
feature of the winter fashion is worn
over the entire gown, made Of the one
material, and this makes possible the
velvet waist with the skirt. OF course
the great difficulty and the great objec
ton to a velvet waist to match a skirt
is that the material is heavy, but the
newest weaves OF velvet are wonder
fully light in comparison with those Of
fron
parent yoke-even a small one-and !
collar are added, instead of the high |
lined stock collar of a few seasons past,
there is a great difference in the COM
fort of the waist. These gowns will be
worn in the street without a wrap in
the early days of the autumn and win
ter, and the coat worn over them will
be loose enough to be thrown off when
entering a house. III other words, the
gown is distinctive and finished without
any outer garment.
Broadcloth and ladies' cloth of the
most exquisite texture and coloring are
to be very favorite materials for the
smaruest gowns this winter. For call
ing, reception and afternoon gowns of
all kinds of cloth is an admirable mate
rial, and it is not remarkable that it
holds it's place in popular fancy year
after year. In fact, there are many ex-
tremely well gowned women who find
1t absolutely requisite to have three or
four gowns of this same material in
cluded in their winter outfit.
The material can be made to fit very
easily. 1t hangs well and looks well
in waist or coat and while the lighter
weights are most satisfactory, they can
be made warm enough for the coolest
days if only the proper amount of in
terlining is used or the waists can be
made as light weight as one could wish
by using thin Innings and also by
having the unlined yoke and collar. In
speaking of an unlined yoke it must
needs be remembered that it is not like