Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1906-12-22
FASHION PARAGRAPHS FROM
NEW YORK.

the winter season is fairly on and the
wild whirl of Christmas holiday fes-
tivities looms close at hand, the prob
lem of evening frocks is absorbing
much feminine attention and the
l!hressmakers work rooms are piled
| high with delicate silk mousselines,
| chiffons, GAUGES laces, nets, and with
velvets and satins all delicate in color
| If more substantial in texture.
! The variety in such materials is
positively bewildering; and, though on
every side there is temptation to ex-
| travagance, the planning of an even
ing frock which will be inexpensive
and practical as we'll as attractive. is,
| this season, a simpler matter than
| usual.
| For the young girl there is, of course,
no evening frock so charlbing as the
silken sheer stuff, and the fashionable
debuntante is going in more strongly
than ever for chiffon and mousseline
through miles of this shimmering,
vaporous stuff before the season ends,
and her evening frock expenses will
| be far in excess of those Of her mother
or her older sister who go clad In
clinging satins and velvets.
Some of the host of soft cleaning
silks, the always popular crepe or a
genuine liberty satin will prove a wise
choice. the last named wearing far
better than the lighter satin finish
| silks, which are newer and more def1n-
| ately modish. There are many novel;
ties among these practical stuffs, and
| for the loveliest of these novelties
high prices are asked.
Crepes, too, have in many cases
taken on a satiny surface, though the
old reliable crepe de chine is good
quality is as popular as ever Chiffon
crepe having the crepe waves with the
extreme lightness OF weight are made,
but are hardly to be recommended. for
they are not so beautiful as some OF
the other stuffs Of equal body and yet
they have not the practical virtues of
the heavier crepes.
Powered and brocaded materials of
SURPRISING beauty are displayed ct all
the counters devoted to the evening
ffreck materials. but after all II is the
one tone material which is the favorite
for evening wear. though the subtle
color harmonies may enter intoss the
trimming scheme or may be effectedl
fby making up a. transparent over sew
eral layers of chicon in graded shades
of one color. This last idea ID ffideiYl
like the Partisan dressmakers, but de-
mands skilful treatment and unerring
lcolor sense "a ~ -
/ One tone material in which contrast
in texture and finish gives variety are
the striped stuffs which have found
instant favor striped satin and chif-
Ffons, satin and crepe, satin and gatixe,
crepe and chiffon, etc. These materials
are to be had in all the evening tints
and are considered extremely chic.
Zone sees, too, the Pekings stripes
f1white and black or white and coior)
in all these combinations. but save for
trimming the Reking stripes have not
won on this side of the water the sue
fcess which was predicted for them, and
even the Parisians have laid them
aside in favor of one-tone stripes.
Colored mesh wells to match the hat
or gown have quite gone out so that
again we have the black veil in all it's
glory in innumerable cobweb designs
adorned with chenille and velvet dots
of all possible-and many impossible
sizes. The only colored wells to have
survived are the brown single-thread
mesh with a tiny velvet dot on every
cross thread. These brown wells are
always worn with brown, with most
shades Of red, with the majority Of
light colored felt and velvet shades,
and with few of the darkest shades, IL
1.-THE brown Is especially becoming.
| Irish lace trims many OF the new
white lynx sets. On the mum the lace
is most attractive, but 1t il not seen
on many Of the round boas. White lynx
gives an amazing amount OF wear II
well taken care OF. and cleaned regu-
larly before it becomes too soiled. so
that it is no more expensive than any
other sort Of fur. The majority OF coll
lars are worn quite long this year,
especially the wide -ones, for nothing
% cuts the figure as short wide fur
color. The deep V-shaped stole with
harrow ends in front are smart. and
then in lynx there are seen many new
shapes. among them the stole shaped
In black much like square sailor
collar. which gives breadth across the
shoulders without falling down over