Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-23
PRETTY NOVELTIES IN NEW
LIGHTWEIGHT GARMENTS
PELERlNE DoLMAN is FAVoRITE
STYLE RIGHT NOW
Even Young English Girls Affect 1t.
Growing Desire for Simple MILL
nery-somc Smart Evening Robes
Seen at Marie nbad
ny SOPHIE GEANERET
81 C,htc In rho Herald,

ny SOPHIE GEANERET
special Gable to The Herald.
LONDON, Sept. 22.--At this season
of the year one may always reason
ablv expect to meet with pretty novel;
ties in the way oe lightweight early
sutumn wraps. but this month the
mantlemakers and modistes seem TO
have excelled themselves In the pro
duction of charmingly new and utter
ly fascinating vestments.
Even the youngest girl may now
wear a pelerine dolman. 1t may match
her dress If she SO Wills that 1t should,
or may be made of very supple colored
cloth. among which pale and pearl gray
provide an excellent choice.
Pointed ends in front give quaint
and pretty air, and band posed above
the belt invests the figure with the
short-waisted air that is now al the
mode. Trim the little wrap with a
bordering of coarse lace either colored
or cream, or with the very pleasant
mingling provided by empiecements
of taffetas overlaid with lace and SILK.
Much impressed am | by the possl-
bilities of velvet ribbon AIDED
through a material. The gown should
be of a very fine cashmere, the color
puce and as there is little delicate
embroidery round the bolero where it
is followed out beneath the throat to
show an embroidered batiste guimpe.
The embroidery develops a scheme of
clematis, in the natural purple color
ings, and the velvet ribbon that is
used is of a dainty shade of purple
that harmonzes we'll with the material
and the embroidery. Where the vel
vet is passed through the material the
eyelet holes are worked over subStan-
TALLY with gold tissue, which provides
the whole toilette with a brilliant note
of color.
Hats Are Simpler
During autumn there Is a growing
desire for simple millinery. 1t Is al
ways at this season of the year that
the hatters place great faith upon the
beauty of the straws they sell, and re-
strain their whilOm ardor for eXtraVa-
gance in the use of flowers and plu-
mage, in favor of a few well chosen
| blossoms. The roses they are using
now look sadly as if the first frosts
of autumn had touched them; we are
always far in advance in our millinery
garden Of Natures parterre.
One idea is a hat of mastic colored
| straw, the strands of which are sep
arated by chenille cords. Round the
crown is posed a sash of very vivid
| burnt orange velvet, held in place in
front beneath frost bitten ,damask
roses.
1t is at Marienbad and other resorts
of renown that the first fruits of the
dressmaker' arts in autumn wraps
are seen, and their millinery, too,
hourishes at such places and sets the
| fashion in mid season modes
Smart Evening Robes
Some very beautiful evening robes
are also being worn there, and at the
smart watering places and other CEN
! ters of fashionable life the latest ideas
in ornamentation are displayed. l
must now describe a form of EN- broid-
cry which is uncommon as well as eX-
tremely handsome, which was noticed
on two dresses of late. One of them
was natter blue taffetas chiffon
toilette for the evening, made purpose
ly with reminiscence of the old
French Monarchy days when pow
dered hair was worn, which, by the
way, must have looked exquisite with
this particular shade of blue.
There was a draped corsage ending
in Il point below the waist. which
threw into relief the gathered skirt,
which upon the hips was extensively
padded, perhaps a little too much so to
suit modern ideas of beauty. Round
the hem of the skirt the embroidery in
very broad band appeared. Made of
ing fuchsias and green leaves executed
in soft loselle silk and chenille upon
it, it was splendid.
Upon the decolletage of the bodice
more embroidery appeared in the form
of a stomacher and with the band
upon the skirt was mingled silver
gauze, also twisted to look like bios
SONS hanging away from the back
ground.
Pure Directoire
( In the second case the robe was
purely DlrectOire, and was made OF
purple tulle with embroideres intro
ducing crimson. gold and antique pink.
The gold took the form of wild Louis
bows and ribbon ends half fixed to
the background, half allowed to fall
away from it, while the rest of the
embroidery was done in chenille and
floss silk, aided by old gold tissue.
Though the effect is almost quiet
when compared with other designs. an
infinite amount of patient work must
be expended to produce a perfect ef-
feet when a dress of white satin sash
ribbon and lace is implied The rib
bon is encrusted with medallions of
cluny, each one covered with fine ira
ceries of tiny sequins and diamond
chips. The ribbon is afterward mount
ed upon a background of sunset tulle,
| many layers of which gradatiOns of
color compose the skirt. Lightly stitch
ed down here and there, so that they
do not fall from their respective places,
the satin ribbon Is yet left to all ap-
pearances loose, and herein lies its
| chief charm