Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-31
Description of IL
lustrat1Ons.
Smart Probabilities in Checks.

smart POBB1Dlnt1eB IN Checks.
Those little checks that have been with
US for quite sometime now seem to have
taken on a new lease of fashionable
favor in the chiffon weight mohairs that
display themselves In such fashionable
colors and color combinations. A medium
shade of brown is checked with white in
the picture, and brown satin pipings
edging the fiat bias bands in smart STYLE
The coat is popular combination of the
closely fitted military type and the looser
pony jacket. The bias bands are SO ap-
piled that they broaden the shoulder con-
siderably, give long lines down the front
and back, and appear also on the coat
sleeve. The skirt is built in two sections.
a gored upper part topping a circular
flounce, the bias bands being cleverly ap-
piled to conceal the Joining and make COR
a panel effect at the same time. The
tablier front, too, is defined by those
same bands; and the hem just barely
touches the floor all around.
Coats Top Spring Gowns.
Although the three-piece tailor-made-
the coat, skirt and blouse costume-is
well in the forefront of things fashion
able, the dressmaker- made gown that
makes it's street appearances with
wrap topping 1t is the choice of many
modish folks for the spring season. There
are many points of convenience to COM
mend this style, chiefest of which is the
readiness with which ones street toilette
is so made. The charming wrap that is
pictured is one that will be readily copied
by the home dressmaker. There Is a bias
fold or seam down the center back, which
affords sufficient fulness to hang well
from the shoulders. The side seams are
widely gored while the sleeve is of the
plain coat variety, with a plain cuff for
a finish The original Is in a very pale
shade of moonlight blue broadcloth, with
stitched folds of a dark chocolate brown
cloth around the collarless neck and down
the fronts for trimming, little ball buttons
of knotted silver braid and tiny loops of
the same tightening the effect Of the dark
cloth trimming.
Modish EtOn Suit I'm SheIma Cloth,
Like the separate blouse, the death knell
of the little eton jacket has been sounded
so often that we have ceased to take any
notice whatsoever of such pronounce
ments on the part of self-appointed fash
ion censors. Because of its universal be-
comingness, and the comfort that its alb
brevlated shape affords once the warm
weather has started there is no let up
or waning to Its smart acceptance. Cut
somewhat after a chasuble effect is the
modish model pictured, the sleeve being
attached to the coat lining and the shoul-
der line built we'll out, so that the broad
effect is noticeable at this point There
Is n little underjaclSet effect that dis
plays itself at the round neck and down
the center front, this braided in black and
gold, while the coat fronts are turned
back in tiny revers just above the waist
line and braided to match the coat. This
same chic little effect is noticeable, too.
on the cuff, while the pleated skirt is
cut to walking length.
An Accepted Type of Walking
Costume.
Broken and irregular plaids, especially
those patterns that shade on and through
the stone gray tints are exceedingly fash
lonable for wear among the younger set;
and seem to lend themselves especially
well to the mathematical correctness OF
the Easter tallors work. Jaunty little
coats that define the figure closely at
sides and back, leaving the fronts to
follow u rather loose straight line are
mostly favored this spring; there being
a chic little ripple ip ne fullness OF the
cut below the waist le that is particu-
larly fetching. The three-quarters length
IN sleeves is what usually accompanies
this style, the arm covering full at the
top and taperlng In gigot fashion below
the elbow. Skirts In which a multitude
Of pleats are handled TO produce a pan
eled effect are favored, the plaa,l stitched
fiat until the curve of the hip is passed.
and then pressed TO swing iauntily 10
the hem that inevitably clears the
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