The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-03-30
FASHIONS

From every viewpoint the new spring fashions are of extreme interest To begin with, there is decided novelty | shown in the fabrics to be used; then, the colorings are generally odd, and lastly, there are the new lines, not to mention the infinite variety of trim mlngs which go long way this season toward giving to a costume the air 1t should have.
 Fancy materials are given first place and these often owe their attraction to artistic combinations of color, of which there are two prevailing styles, the combination of black or white with a color, or of two shades of one color, and 1 this idea predominates through all | classes of dress materials,
 For earliest spring wear there are fancy cheviots in subdued striped and plaided designs, showing combinations of leather, bronze blue and burgundy | interwoven with overplaid. Other light ] weight suitings showing hairline stripes i disks, and dots in their weayes make up into smart travelling and walking suits, while yoiles in a multiplicity of weird effects such as were never known before are in great request for more dressy costumes. This does not mean that the plain voile has been eliminated from the spring list On the contrary 1t is quite as popular as ever, but one 1 lmay have a choice between a wide 1 range of plain colors and shadings and a still wider range of fancy designs In plain voiles the neutral ttnts are receiv- | ing the endorsement of the highest modistes, pale gray pale, dull blue bis cult shades and cream white beige, | light mole, and the more subdued tones l of green. These are the shades that show to best advantage in the daytime, while for evening these same shades in still softer tints are considered Next to voiles, any and all of the softer ma terials are in vogue, with proper re- ference to the occasion for which they are demanded. Taffeta, either plain or l fancy, has a place among the trimmings rather than as dress fabric, as the tendency turns toward satin and the more glossy weaves even for separate
 coats, for which there Is an unpre-
 cedented demand Shantung mirage peau de cygne, peau de soie, tussah either in plain or two-tone effects make
 up into the most charming creations
 for formal afternoon and evenings
 while the bordered chiffons and gauges
 marquisettes, and silk voiles all art
 given the characteristic of novelty bl
 some clever combination with som' Iother material. Foulards, when used
 are of the bordered variety, the mos popular of these showing a wide satir band or a narrower band headed by several still narrower ones One very
 pretty foulard in fieur de lis design
 white on dull blue ground, has (
 border of satin four inches wide witt
 graduated lines above 1t, each line ( shade lighter than the one below 1t
 Polka dots, checks, stripes, are tht leading motifs in silks; poll1a-dots es Epecially favored in foulard and a grow. ing popularity for stripes in the very thin materials Stripes, pronounced on
 toned down with shadowy effects, arc Sequaliy good and as they bear the stamp of novelty it is more than likely we shall see a great variety of them not only in the spring, but all through the summer. in shirt waist suits an6 frncks