The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-03-04

AND PIenty or Materiui Describes
Them--The Reding0te Prominent
Waist Suits Doubtful
Except in Wash Fabrics-Decadence
of Linen.
The fashion magazines and the
dress-makers are predicting radical
change in skirt styles. Judging from
the few advance models seen, the
spring skirt will be fuller than ever
over the hips. Shirrings and plaitings,
especially the latter, are inevitable,
and are laid more deeply than ever.
Lone Parts correspondent speaks of
PLANNERS on some of the newest skirts,
land there is much talk of revival of
the overskirt. The width around the
| bottom of the skirt is slightly in
creased, and ripple fiounces are used to
exaggerate this fitness. A skirt ten
years around the hem sounds ridicu-
lous. 1t would be a burden to keep
| such skirt brushed. Yet these ex-
tremes are actually proposed. t-sF :.
There Is growing a wide divergence
| between the tailor-made gown and the
walking gown. The former will be
palmer, shorter of skirt, and generally
| speaking more mannish than we have
| been accustomed to of late. The new
| est designs remind one of the earliest
| models put forth by famous English
house in the first years of 18S0-S9,
| They made the average woman, who,
up to this time, had been a creature of
furbelows, look like a funeral. The
new models are not quite as bad as
| that. Besides, we have grown accus-
TONED to simple cloth gowns for the
| street. Two. styles will prevail, and
| both of these have already won APP
prevail. The three-piece suit is taken
for granted, at least until warm
| weather makes linen shirt waists a ne
| cessity. The coat will be long, a redin-
cote, in fact, or 1t will be one of the
| many variations of the short Jacket or
| bolero. The redfngote, 1t is well
known, was revived by Paquin, and is
| at its best when worn over one of the
long, full skirts turned out by him to
the exclusion of all others. Still, 1t
| may be worn with a short skirt, IL the
skirt be full and have the proper flare
at the hem. Otherwise, the effect is
| not good. One thing is in the favor Of
this garment and that is its exclusive
| ness. 1t requires much cloth, and is
therefore too expensive to be handled
in quantities in ready-to-wear suits. 1t
will be possible to buy a redingote suit
in a good department store, OF course,
but the stores will never be overrun
with such suits. For travelling gowns
redingotes Of mohair, ,pongee, rough
weave silks, and light cloth are ideal.
For young women the simple short
skirt and bolero jacket seems the best
kind of a spring street gown. These
skirts clear the ground by several inch
es, and are unburdened with trimming.
Many of them are even destitute of
plaitings These gowns, of which we
shall see a great deal soon, will mostly
be made of fancy tweeds. Two STYLES
are promised-one a twill, and the 9TH
er more of a homespun. Plain and
mixed tweeds will be worn, with the
mixed probably the more popular,
Mohairs are being imported and man,
ulactured in this country In enormous
Quantities. The fancy novelty mohairs
have the greatest vogue, and will this
year, as last, take precedence over the
virtues which are not to be moderated.
but in the dark colors. at least, 1t is