The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-10-14
FASHION FANCIES

TA0IikOIN r AIN(IES
season OF fashion many and diverse
IS the present, while certain details
characterize its smartest styles. When
one sees combined in a single costume
three or more colors, laces. braids and
tassels and OTTER endless needlework
there is but one thought for express
sion and that is potpourri. Long
graceful lines skirts and shoulders
that droop in Oriental effect over elab-
crate undersleeves. does not lucidly de-
scribe the prevailing modes in fussy
costumes, but merely gives a sugges-
tion OF what the real styles consist.
With the close-fitting skirt and short
wasted effects brought about by vari-
Gus ways drapery is arranged. or by the
cut of the sleeve it requires q Juno
figure to do full justice to the style.
Many Of the cross-over effects now in
vogue are extremely becoming. Fichu
draperies about the shoulders have lost
none of their attractiveness, neither
have the pelerine and cravat effects
that finish bodices of dressy costumes.
In truth. one may have as much elab-
Grafton on the visiting dinner gown
as individual taste dictates and re-
main within bounds of smartest French
modes.
The color to reign supreme for a long
time TO come will be brown in all its
variations, from dullest bun to right
dark modore or old gold. This new
tone combined in stripes with leaf
brown produces the new zebra-striped
effect now so popular for the tailor
made. After browns come grays. and
there is a vast number of stunning
combinations of these when stripes of
various widths are woven in shadow
effects merging into distinct lines. 1t
seems almost incredible that brown in
any shade would find favor after its
long dominant influence. A lovely new
shade is described as rouille, meaning
dust, and which, when combined with
the other shades and a touch of black
presents one Of the most effective re-
suits achieved for some time. Rouille
contains high yellowish lights modified
by soft shades of Drawn which here
tofore have not made their appearance
in any other materials than the soft
pliable cloth in which the shade is now
found. Another new shade used ex-
tensively on French gowns in combina-
ton with browns, is pinkish yellow
suggesting deep tones of orange and
distinct shade.
For occasions demanding 1t, the strict
tailor-made will enjoy an unmolested
supremacy. This season the morning
suit is cut very severe with not the
slightest trace of the dressy afternoon
street suit with it's little bunchy full
coat with all sorts OF curiously- shaped
panel effects that hide the figure COM
pletely. But for those who lack that
most desirable feminine attribute,
these frivolous little affairs answer ad-
mirably and seem to have been de-
signed expressly for that purpose. That
they are youthful there is no denying
and to certain types the loose much
trimmed jacket is vastly becoming.
For a girlish figure the full, plated
skirt with it's wide broad trimming
above the hem sometimes three bands
and sometimes five bands-in the latter
instance they are separated a distance
of several inches when they reach
nearly to the hips,-and tight fitting
cut-away jacket with three quarter
length sleeves is the very quintessence
of perfection. The fitted cut-away
coat replaces the popular semi fitted
garment. And now that there is a
universal cry for this particular style
it behooves every lover of fashion to
see that her figure is trained to meet
the demands of curved lines.
Blouses are quite as la mode this
fall as last year. While the fashion
able blouse is becoming more and more
fragile it is also becoming more and
more a work of needlecraft Some
dainty little French bIouses in sheer
handkerchief linen are so well covered
with intricate hand embroidery that
they are mere webs Others as delicate
as these are masses of Valencinnes lace
insertions and lace edglngs applied in
various forms of wheel and festoon
effects that seem to be caught in places
with clusters of exquisitely embroider-
ed bouquets. Irish lace combined with
net or flet remains in high favor
with the woman whose purse permits
of such indulgence. For these founda-
lions of plain net or point de Venise
are used to produce a soft effect AS
has been the case for some time laces
of many meshes are combined In one
blouse. italian f1let, baby Irish and a
touch of point de Venise makes an ex-
quisite combination. One sees more
baby Irish lace than that having heavy
patterns. Very frequently heavy me-
dallions are appliqued.
With the smart tailor-made, little
French null blouses in soft colors are
being worn. Hand embroidered Hand
is a feature of these waists
also, but not In lavish quantities. The
style best liked is plated over the
shoulders to give a full front The
plat covering the buttons is often dec
Grated with a dainty tracing of white
embroidery as are also the bands fin
ishing the long sleeves. Marie Antoi-
nette plaittngs edged with very narrow
lace often appears on both sides of the
bands. The newest plaitings of this
character are much wider than those
used last summer and which were the
greatest grievance the 1aundress en-
countered. High turnover collars en- !
broidered to correspond with the design |
on the blouse are loundered without