The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-05
A TIMELY WORD
ABOUT SKIRTS.


The women who are starting late to
make up their summer wardrobes are
plying fashion authorities with the
quetsion, What is the most fashionable
skirt model of the summer" There
are some, perhaps, who will attempt
to give a definite answer to the ques-
ton, but it will not be the dressmaker
who has kept In touch with the fashions
who will thus pin her client down to
one certain style. The wardrobe which
does not display a variety Of skirt de-
signs limited only by the number of the
skirts themselves might as well be
admitted a failure, right from the start,
says the Providence Tribune.
Diversity of cut and trimmings Is, in
fact, .the keynote of the skirt situation
at present, and no woman need wear a
duplicate or even q half-duplicate of
her neighbours skirt unless it be of her
own free will, for the various models.
the gored. pleated circular and full
straight skirt, may each and all be
changed in effect by an original touch
in the trimming scheme or the adjust
ment and style of pleats or tucks.
This situation, delightful as 1t is in
Its present form to the woman of ideas,
has it's serious side, too, in its bearing
on future fashions, and it may be as
well to stop right here for a moment
and consider that side Of the thing.
This Is due the woman whose means
make IL necessary that every new gar
ment be made with a view to remain
ing in style as long as possible or with
a view to remodeling in case of radical
fashion changes before the material
shall have shown signs of wear.
Now, for the economicaf-minded sis
terhood, do not make up any skirt upon
which you intend to depend for several
consecutive seasons, unless it is posi-
tivley unavoidable. Put off the maxi
ing of the tailored cloth skirt that is to
do duty only on a few extra" occa-
sions his summer, but which you want
for general wear next winter. and make
something else do this summer. and
do not get a handsome silk or lace
gown for smartest evening wear next
winter, either.
Capricious as Dame Fortune is, there
is usually some method in her mad
ness, and when she is particularly Law
ish and i%ndulgent with her devotees is
usually the time she is laying her plans
Nor the issuing of some hard and fast
rules in regard to the very things she
| seems to care least about for the time
being. Models have to be tried, both
in the making and the wearing, and
according as they are found wanting
or not, does the fina edict go forth.
From out the many styles OF skirts
now being tried upon h people will
come the fashions of next winter, no
doubt, but Just which one will win the
race is doubtful just now. The best
thing to do is to wait for all but real
summer clothes as long as possible;
then, If the changes In the fall is a
radical one, there will be no crying
over spilled milk in the form of a
skirt of handsome material made up in
circular when it should be gored, or
gored when Dame Fashion Isl demand
ing circular.
Or 1t may be that overskirt effects,
which are limited at, will become stern
realities and the plain. unbroken lines
of the skirt proper, to which we have
become welded through long and pleas
ant association, be relegated to the
dusty chamber of past styles. The over
skirt is not at all an unlikely future
style. In plain form for semi-tailored
suits 1t can be made, and for soft, dia-
phonous fabrics the draped overskirt
would certainly be an innovation. But
we shall see, later on, what we shall
see, and In the meantime If you cam
be happy with the many styles of skirts
permissible there is only one thing to
do, be as happy as you can. The change
| will surely come.