The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-19
Fashions From Three Centers.
PARIS FASHIONS.
BY MADAME PARoUIN


Paris, May 1s-In spite of all that
has been written and said about the
ubiquity and, style for everyday wear,
1t is idle to suppose that the plain cos
tune of absolute tailor severity has
been tabooed. As a matter of fact, in
spite of the undoubted success of
Oriental influence. the workmanlike
cloth coat and skirt is more generally
adopted than ever in Paris. and no
scheme of rigid simplicity is consid-
cred too severe. Plain basqued coats
reaching just below the hips are abso-
iutely unrelieved by any decoration
with the exception of braid. and are
fashioned in many instances with large
Louis XVI cuffs and pocket flaps.
Bright coral cloth as we'll as old rose
and GObelin pastel and corn flower
blues are greatly 20 the fore, while in
the realm Of brown the shades most in
evidence are brun dore. cinnamon and
''cockehafer. Never has there been
such vogue for waistcoats, and some of
the newest of these are nearly as long
as the coat itself and are fashioned of
lowered brocade edged with gold or
silver braid and close set-to loops and
buttons in braid to match.
The simplest and perhaps the most
effective wear for mornings in May
and June is the neat little coat and
mel. The coat still shows to the short
ened waist line and reaches just to the
hips, while the trimming is mostly
of braid TO match or bands of its own
material. the stripes arranged diagon-
ally. Serge has for the nonce been
somewhat discOuntenanced by cloth,
while to many of the new wooden mate
Tials and light tweeds are made of such
featherweight consistency as TO sug-
gest the possibility of adopting them
throughout the hottest months of the
year. As an accompaniment to the
short coats a crOss-over waistcOat of
white cloth deliberately braided or
simply bound with braid is an newt
able accompaniment and with gray
and white pekine costume nothing is
prettier than a pale pastel blue waist
coat trimmed with black and silver
braid
In spite Of the fact that this is to be
primarily a season of stripes. small
checks are still greatly in vogue. espe-
cially in the brown and white. green
and white and mauve and white. The
little coat of plain material worn with
a checked skirt, and vice versa, offers
a wide field of choice while it is by no
means considered Outre nowadays TO
adopt for morning wear a frogged
coatee of 'self-colored silk with a walk
ing length skirt of checked tweed.
So many are the various methods of
treating the sleeves that il is impOssi-
BILE to lay down any hard and fast
rules concerning them. Naturally
enough the kimOnO sleeve leads the
van, but this is by no means adapted
to every description of costume, and
the fact that these sleeves present a
hOppy appearance unless ably
filed in with a bouffant Unde- sleeve
places a veto on their use for ordinary
occasions. Elbow sleeves with turned
back cuffs take their place in a num-
Der of instances, the fuIness on the
shoulders being carefully modified ia
such modern requirements.
Black is playing such a part i'm all
clothes for the season that il will go
more heavily into autumn fashions. We
see it in finish of hat, COMMUNICATES
tailor or diner toilet-for wraps and
for the soft. fluffy little frills of tulle
that lre made for the shoulders.
Black is always elegant. always
ready for any occasion. and in the end
is economy, since one black gown will
take the place of two cOlOred ones. At
present in Paris black is gaining, and
by midsummer we shall see frocks for
the seaside or mountain of mousseline
or cloth or any material madame or
her daughter chooses to order And
late summer modes have great infiu-
ence on those for winter; so black will
share hOnOTs with any color brought
forth
Some of the best hats for spring and
summer are pale brule, or a tone a
.trifie darker than straw. Garnished
with the big chouX of net or tulle or
taffeta the effect is stunning. The all
black trimming is most elegent: but !
have seen a satisfactory ensemble of a
dead pink or blue or green rose. The
new roses by the way are the most
seductive They are large. half open
with center of delicate blue the rose
pink is preferred1. The shade dar5ens
into black. and the end petals are ce-
ciGe9ly black. The milliners pUJ thes4
blossoms on hats sDaringiy. for more
than one would take away the striking
effect.
Hats are becoming more GUAM.
Some n,Odistes declare that dowers will
have great sway viii he summer hat
hut so far there is no indication of g.
Nothing but ribbon. DOint d'esnrit.
coarse net, tulle and grape with a
few cherries are in evidence. Big Iose 9
are used separately and with some
softening influence. But as for clus-
ters or punches of blossoms we sec
nothing of them. The white erin or
rough English straw or Milan is most
elegant with black trimming, and
smart women are ordering at least one
for their summer outing. The best
straws are soft and Dliable and MAY
be shaped into almost any form. They
are crushed and turned almost inside
out to suit the caprice of he moment
The more bent and shapeless the cha
peau the more it is grand chic
The short-waisted gowns arr chang
ing the shane of the corset With he
belt line several inches cut off all round
IL would be absurd TO Wear corset
that gives the bust a very low effect.
So the anatomy of women NUS be
changed to suit the vagaries Of sty'e
and we shall go from the extremely
low to the extremely high, or pigeon
breasted figure.
Tho new corsets are long over the
hips and abdomen and are quite round
at the top. There is no slope for the
bust. and they have a great tendency
to push the figure under the arms.
Among the new hair ornaments
which are proving such a serious mat
ter of consideration Just now some Of
the most effective consist of pliabie
wire covered with twisted DGTole vel
vet and finished with clusters nf cur