Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-04-05
new YORK FASHION LETTER.
Question Regarding the shirt waist
>uit--i.in"n 10 Re Extremely
Fashionable.

| New York, April A-WIn shirt waist
suits bo Worn this season? This was tn"
| question asked mo the other day. indeed
they will he worn. and Judging by the
numbers shown i'm the SHOPS, and the
/ great variety of suitable materials on OK
| hihitiou. every woman must be going to
| have several Of them.
! Piqucs are going to l." worn both for
| tho smart morning fruck with n Jacket
! and also for the shirt waist proper. The
maioritY of tho new piquos show many
styles Of rordug and patterns and are
well adapt ed to tailor cut and finish. AL
! though white piqucs arc SO much favored,
| those i'm colors are hardly seen at all in
| the fashionable ''mallo-up." The trimming
/ most 10 hc used is the cyolct embroidery,
IIcdbo or Danish cut work, which promi-
scs to bc as popular is the llardnger of
| last season.
| \ smart design on the blouse Eton style
was developed in, white piquc and trimmed
" n bands of embroidery. Tho waist WAS
made in blouse style with double breast
Cd vest and backward turning fronts to
| form rcv,rs. Bands OF embroidery deco
rate the cuffs Of the short sleeves and
IrcvCIs and collar. The graceful skirt is
of the popular circular shape with two
seams. the one a the center of the front
| being made in DutchosS style. This skirt
| should be about five yards and a half
round with only enough fuluosS about the
waist To- form an inverted box plat at
the back.
| ilcdbo embroidery in combination with
a pretty weave of pique was used for. a
second example of "A shirt waist suit. Tho
skirt was of the nine-Gorod order with
an inverted box plat back and at each
side which is made in Dutchess style to
yoke depth and the front gore has an in
set" of embroidery reaching from the
belt TO the foot The waist. by means of
ltucks, stimulates the Duchess effect and
a panel front of embroidery dccoratcs the
front, and the cuffs of the same trim
the long close sleeve.
Linen, as I have written you before,
is to be extremely fashionable. aHd if you
have but one new dress, have it made of
linen. The fruit tiuts such as cherry,
straw berry, current are shown, but pink,
blue and apple green, with white as their
leader, are the most called for colors.
There are also some beautiful tints of
ivory and cream that will be much in de-
Inland later on in the season.
Blue linen was used for very simple
shirt waist suit and lace motifs wore
used for its decoration, The skirt, like
many of the new designs, showed plaits
in its construction placed in groups and
stitched to yoke depth. This skirt, which
was intended for street wear, was quite
short in length, but had measurement
of six yards about the bottom. The waist
was of the plaincst cut Imaginable. but
profusely decorated with the lace motifs
Elbow sleeve and silk belt and stock
Of white SIX completed the costume
Linen Is also liked for the yachting
suit, IN combination with braid ornaments
ANA cord lacing. The shoulders are long
giving plenty of freedom 10 the arms
when used for sports and athletics. A re-
movable shield fills in the open neck
land may be used with or without IA high
collar novel idea is the closing of the
skirt On each side of the front gore of the
skirt, while the funcss Of the back +,
taken up by an inverted box piait Over
the skirt the blouse Says all around ana
sailor sleeves gather at the wrists under
a plain cuff.
Although You see many vivid colors on
the counters, 90 not be deceived bv them
this is TO be "A white season." of winch
assertion there is ample proof; for the
drcssmaking parlors Of our most fashion
able costumers arc fun of white models
ANA are turning out am unprecedented
number of white gowns for all occasions
Perhaps the faVorte material for hous,
dresses is the Persian lawns The GROUND
is almost invariably wnltc, over which
are strewn the most beautiful patterns in
delicate flower shades, conventional de
signs. etc. Still one does see "A few color.
la1 layy