Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-17
Motor Fashions for Spring.

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IN turned out by the French houses foS
the early spring trade, when fur
coats of the heaviest sorts will no dot,.,
for garments lined with lighter weight fur
with cloth or unlned. One of the new
spring motor coats is of plaid in tan color.
the paid being formed by red line The
'olor eIect Is very light and the plaid very
opeh' Inc coat Is made slightly double
breasted but with no buttons showing
uo"h the front. the fastening being blind.
rom the shoulder seams to the pockets
winch are on each side of the front
sutched bands of cloth extend, producing
the effect of pleats In the upper mart ~
the coat and on each side of the front
ms stitched band is carried around and
forms the lower edge of the pocket
Inc remarkable part of this coat is tbe
pieces of cloth extending at the ton into
shoulder capes and at the waist line into
| large pockets. One piece of cloth IS usad
! on each side of the coat. 1t narrows be
| low the shoulder cape into a latituiinaI
pand OF cloth that Is laid close 10 the
STITCHED band before mentioned and stitcba6
INV 30 10 tHe coat 1t then broadens out
mo the pocket, the upper side of which
SAINTS from front to back The coat is
! pam IN pack and front, slopng out grad
9aIiy toward the bottom of the skirt I'm
Ger the arms and beginning just haes q,
thc pockets inverted box pleats ar set
into the skirt of the coat. This nieat e.
puttohed across at the top with four small
buttons. The sleeves Of the coat are full.
and become wider toward the cuffs which
/ stitching. A0
! The garment is finished with a Narrow
| shawl collar of black satin over one ~
cloth, heavily stitched with red and cross
ing in front with two large satin-covered
buttons. w
Another exceedingly handsome coat fs n,
black satn-finished broadcloth The model
| OF TINS coat Is extremely attractive and
| nioSt olincuit FOR any one but an expert
Houlste TO turn out successfully. plain
| piece of cloth forms a guimpe and eytend.
| IN double-breasted panel effect down to
the bottom of the garment. Buttons are
used on only one side of this central
| pahel. here is also a guimpe effect in the
| back. Beneath this the garment is divided
| into two sections, the upper part having
nve gore ends. in five deep scallops The
lower part is also maze in five cores,
| fuller than those of the upper part The
sleeves slope at the top and have a fitted
cap OF the same depth as the guimpe Be-
meath this cap the sleeves slope out to-
| ward the cuff. being laid in pleats at the
lower edge. The cuffs turn back and are
quite deep. The collar is a deep turnover.
For the spring the motor suit will be
quite as popular as the long coat. 1t Is
made of very heavy cloth. its principal
difference from other suits for outing pur-
poses being the weight Of the cloth.
| Naturally, such heavy cloth demands par
ticular styles of making. Only the plainest
styles are possible. The skirts are quito
short, and the coats are medium. Very
snort coats, Etons, etc. are not good made
of such heavy cloth. The cloths are plain
striped and checked, the small stripes being
1 perhaps the most attractive in such gar
| mentS.
The skirts not made with pleats as
| they are too heavy. One very stunning
suit of this sort was made with a short
skirt, very much gored, as to have con-
siderable width at the bottom, although
fitting very tightly over the hips There
was box pleat down the front. widening
toward the bottom.
The doube-breasted coat came we'll below
the hips, but was not nearly three-quarter
| length. 1t had yoke ending in shallow
scailops. both back and front, beneath
which ii was semi-fitting. The sleeves were
just little full at the>top narrowing into
deep cuffs. The jacket was finished with
turnover collar and lapels.
Motor headgear for the spring promises
to be small, light and jaunty. there being
a tendency to do away with the cumber-
some effects of the winter. One new hat
was of stitched plain cloth. with a small
crown and a rim which turned off the
face in jaunty fashion. 1t had no trim
ming but silk band Caps of the yacht
ing variety are also shown. An oddly in
motor finery Is made of bands OF leather
and shirred silk, and seems to have made a
| valiant effort to unite the styles of toque
and cap. This hat has soft-gathered silk
crown, something like the top of a sweep
ing cap. Around this there Is very deep
band Of shrred silk, strapped with leather
| which is adjustable and fits closely down
| over the back of the head to keep out dust
! and protect the hair. This band does not
extend all around the hat, but only around
, the sides and the back Meeting 1t in front
and connected with 1t at each end by ar
rangements much in the order of hinges Is
| a similar band, which may be adjusted to
fit over the front hair. This hat is jauntily
decorated with two leather wings and two
| large leather buttons.