The Topeka state journal., 1906-01-07

they, too, should be placed in the same
category as the lace robe coats.
Not only the heavy laces are worn
| for the finer nets, either in real or
good imitation, are now considered
particularly pretty with chiffOns, and
/ all such light materials. There does
not seem to be any objection nova
days to combining fine lace and heavy,
real with imitation, and, indeed. va
lenciennes and Irish point have for
some time been thought to give a
most happy contrast. Light machine
made lace robe dresses and coats are
now made up for evening wear, that
is, the white is worn over a ball dress
While the black coats make effective
afternoon wraps. With this sort of
lace here must be plenty of chiffon
/ ruchings to soften the material and a
fur collar, either white or brown. gives
rich tone most desirable.
Embroidered lace is decidedly fash
| Ionable this winter. Shaded ribbon
embroidery work is always exquisite,
ana IS so expensive as to be always
IN m demand However, gold and silver
Unread are both so effective, particu-
larly in the evening, and they show
up the quality of the material to such
advantage that this embroidery is seen
more Just at present than the ribbon
work. Entire lace coats are now en-
oroidered in either gold or silver
thread, sometimes with both, the coats
being made quite plain, relieved only
with large sable, ermine, or white
lynx collar.
The cloth evening wraps this year.
/ If not elaborately hand embroidered,
are trimmed with quantities of lace.
with lace handsome, two or three of
then1-laid on the cloth, trim the
| cloak from the waist down. while
about the shoulders falls a wide ber-
ina or cape of the same lace. At the
/ throat there should always be fur
whether of a particularly handsome
or some inexpensive skin depends. of
| course, upon the amount that can be
expended upon the wrap. Some few of
the French opera cloaks are made with
elbow sleeves, but this model is not
a popular one, the favorite style Of
sleeve being long three-quarter Full
length sleeves are also worn in the
evening wrap, and are considered not
only correct, but smart.
Silk and satin cloaks are seen a great
deal this Winter-Inore indeed than
even the most elaboratelv trimmed
cloth coats. The silk coats. indeed,
nave plenty of trimming, as indeed all
costumes gowns or wraps, must have
this season.
Velvet Gowns Trimmed With Silver.
Velvet in all it's different varieties is
Just now far more popular than was
predicted earlier in the season. For
potn afternoon and evening the many
qualities of velvet are fashionable and
80 go e11 W ell from Dtack TO the
most delicate hues of shell pink, rob-
IN egg blue and pale canary yellow.
For evening wear chiffon velvet is most
IA demand, but for d reception costume
neavy, rich velvet is sure to make a
handsome and effective gown.
EVen debutante wears black vel
vet today. and indeed the material is
fashionable for girls not yet out of
schooL AS young girls are apt to have
~ nuch Color they can wear black
particularly well, but it is mistake to
dress them regularly in black which
can and must be worn so much when
they are older.
Although simpler than most gowns.
nevertheless there is seen considera BILE
trimming on all velvet and chiffon vel
Vet dresses. Silk braid is used more
/ lhan formerly with velvet, while the
FelVeI jackets are all embroidered with
SILK, silver or gold thread, or else elab-
/ orately trimmed with lace. With coat
ana skirt of velvet the waist may be
elther of the same material or of satin
or silk chiffon. AS any approach to
the appearance of separate waist must
be avoided. even the most elaborate
Whlte silk or satin waist cannot be
worn with a velvet dress. Unfortunate
~, black chiffon and satin both look
so Jhat the waist had best be of velvet
or made up elabOrately with white
lace a pretty model is the half prin-
cess gown-the skirt brought up with
IN an inch or so Of the arm and united
IN front and back. With this is worn
white lace guimpe with full elbow
sleeves.
Chiffon velvet is softer than the vel
vet, and lends itself readily to all the
shlrrings and tuckings fashionable at
Ine moment The chiffon velvet is even
more popular this season than velvet
ltselr, ad while attractive in all black
IS particularly effective in such shades
as cerise, deep red and bright golden
Drown. Chiffon cloth and chiffon vel
vet make an excellent combination. and
extremely pretty are the gowns of
which the bodice is Of clinton cloth
trimmed with lace and embroidered
oands OF chiffon velvet, the costumes
naturally being Of the velvet of t1e
same shade. Electric blue is another
snade which is seen to some extent in
/ chiffon velvet
Quite a number of velvet reception
gowns are made with the round skirts,