St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-09-11
FASHIONS IN PARIS.

Metallic C0l0ringS Fancy FeatherS-
ColOred Felts- White Hats Tailored
Styles BOrdered Silks -VelvetS-Chif-
fOn BroadclOthS-Plaided Silks.
Unless all signs fail the autumn color
card will be notable, for the metallic tint
ings that will prevail in all the various
tones. In Paris there is a decided PEN
chant among smart people for dark
blues and greens that are like old bronze,
browns that verge in green and for con-
trast and "high lights, as the painters
phrase it, are touches of copper, peacock
blues and combinations of the quieter
colorings. Parisians are fond of wear
ing a hat in olive green with the
costumes of blue serge and mohair that
they use so successfully for smart all
round wear.
Fancy feathers of all sorts, those that
cost pretty penny especially, are to
continue, and coque plumes made to
simulate the feather garnitures of the
military hat, worn by officers in the
various countries of Europe, are stylishly
worn by married and unmarried bellies
over here. For general wear no feathers
are more uniformly satisfactory than
coque.
There is a liking here for brightly
tinted hats with trimmings of black
ribbon or of very dark ribbon of a
corresponding tone. A hat seen recently,
worn by an English duchess, was of rose
color, the brim dropping trit1e all
around, but the hat was raised on a
bandeaux shrouded in maline so that the
left side was distinctly visible. Black
ribbon about FIVE inches in width,
arranged in a wide-spreading bow at the
back and pulled down to slant toward
the left of the front, was caught there to
the brim with pink rose and bud. The
ribbon used had pompadour border
about three quarters of an inch wide in
pink, green and yellow.
In the great variety which always ex-
lists in this, the fashion mart Of the
world, light hued and pure white hats
evnce charming taste and skill. One OF
white felt was so fully trimmed with
white coque and marabout plumage
that it resembled huge SNOWFALL. A
pair of white wings were placed almost
in front, with two cut jet pins, supposed
to hold the wings in place. Another
white felt hat was trimmed with hello.
trope and white miroir velvet draped
together, encircling the crown and form
ing an immense. bow at the front, ar
ranged with the artistic grace of the
French milliner Above the bow was a
large orchid in the same hues as the
velvet.
The cutaway coats that have beer
such a. markedly popular feature ovel
here are sure to be equally we'll endorsed
for autumn wear both in plain suiting:
and the very stylish striped effects pre-
pared for the coming season. Blacl
shoes are decidedly in the background
and tan shoes which have been so univer
sally worn for the past two seasons
promise to continue popular through thu
coming winter. The exclusive shad,
known as golden brown kid color 81 il
so much in demand among fastidiou
dressers that it is difficult for the tan
neries to turn it out fast enough to keel
up with their orders. quieter ant
more elegant contrast to the new color
ings that are to prevail in dres
goods, than the more vivid tans, thi
brown coloring is also more becomin!
to the foot, having no tendency to in
crease its apparent size as the lighte
colors are apt to do.
The prominent dress fabric of today il
Paris is the "Bordures," that is to sa,
soft, clinging silks with borders oftel
eighteen inches wide in exquisite pain
leaf shapes of various colors. Ros
borders of natural hues and blue ar
another attractive pattern and larg
isolated boquets with vine of sma
painted leaves between the boquets
extending to the waist, offers sti
greater choice. Soft silks of all kind
and messalines as we'll are cordial
endorsed by the Partisan dressmakers.
Velvets, both in London and Paris, ar
more worn than they have been in man
years, particularly miroir velvet. Chi
fon broadcloth is another leading me
terial, the Parisians fully understanding
the elegant appearance of gowns mad
of white, topaz and the pastel shades