The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-18
NEW YORK FASHIONS.
BY EDITH RAYMOND.

/ New 1Ork, Aug ia great deal OF
art is being employed in the dressy
coats Of the season. more, 1t seems,
than usual. The elaboration -of mater
ials with embroidery, braid and lace
/ decorations with all the applied fuss
ifications, such as passementerie and
pendants and tassels, find their best
outlet on the broad surfaces of the
outside wraps of the day. Nearly all
Of the dressy coats of any order SAVIOR
more or less of the Empire style. Their
waists, at least, are pretty sure to be
elevated above the natural waist line.
With the loose shawl and cape shapes
that are part of the quaint revivafs of
the time il has come to be quite q fad
to catch them under the girdle. Vol
umes could be written about the fancy
little coats. Every maker is a designer
of a new model for pretty nearly every
client, and the number of originalities
is consequently limited only by the
number of wearers. The net coats I'm
ed with tinted silks or entirely unlin-
ed are among the attra ctive possibili-
ties of even smaller wardrobes. They
are made of the coarse nets, which are
not expensive, but the making, when
a garment of any individuality is to
be turned out, is the thing that counts.
Long, loose wraps that can be slip
ingly fashionable. Lilac is probably
the coolest and most effective of all
the colOrs worn this summer. Simple
frOcks of lilac linen with shallow
chemisette of cream lace and puffed
undersleeVes of cream net, worn with
burnt straw OF Panama hats, with a
cream lace or lilac silk bow, form one
of the most becoming costumes of the
season. Lilac IS a "youthening" color.
I til 1pr Id h. rno1s
be not red in the face or outrageously
stout. The shade should be in pink,
rather than on the blue tone.
Bows of red ribbon and velvet are
again worn in the hair for the garn-
ishment For evening there is no end
to the filmy glittering ornaments pro-
vided for the coiffure. The tortoise
shell prongs being used for the better
supporting IF masses of hair are among
the new things. For the old time
chigOn there is the long ostrich feath-
ers that sweep down to the shoulder.
Becomingness to the wearer is the
guide in these matters. bird of
paradise with delicately waving feath-
ers will coil around the head, pretty
well covering it, of a fashionable wo-
man at a coming evening event
The large hats very far back on the
head wreathed III enormous flowers
have died a most abrupt death and are
almost entirely replaced by very wide
flat hats set absolutely on top of the
head, but with no brim projecting in
front These are almost invariably
crowned by immense bouquets of
feathers, masses of herons' plumes, or
defrisse feathers, by far the larger
number being in black and white or
white alone. These hats, besides being
beautiful In themselves. have somehow
the power OF giving their wearers a
graceful carriage, the small sleeves
and perfectly flat shoulders and large
waving hats giving quite lly-like ef-
feet. Colored hats are more often
carried out in ribbon or ostrich feath-
ers, the feathers becoming longer and
larger every week, and are very fas-
cinating when finished with long soft
lambs tails at the side.
A stunning gown of pink muslin,
yelled with gray chiffon, has several
up-to-date features. The skirt has
wide, irregular band Of printed roses
that have a hand-painted look at the
bottom and above it falls a shawl
shaped tunic with a similar band, al
though narrower. The bodice is
draped affair, with a whole front and
loop-Shaped sleeve, caught up on each
side with a single big rosette. The
neck is cut low and with it is worn a
lace guimpe for day affairs or little
tucker of lace for the evening.
An adorably girlish frock seen the
other day was of pale blue silky ma
terial made in a pretty pinafore fash
ion over a soft white shirt with such
a charming touch OF color in the dull
mauve sueie belt and great mauVe
wings which we're the sole trimming OF
the hat worn with it.
A singularly lovely frock is Of filmy
white silk muslin, the long flowing
skirt bordered with a hem of palest
green satin; at the top of the hem
is a lovely work of raised passion
flowers and leaves made with shaded
mauve and green velvet leaves and
tendrils of silver thread; spreading up
and over the skirt are exquisite hand
paintings of the same flowers.
A wide panel Of lace forms the front
of the skirt, held with tasselS of sill
yer and dull mauve chenille. A hand
painted over bodice beautifully worked
with silver is held into tiny band of
mauve velvet, ending high above the
waist in a long chenille tassel OF pale
greens and mauves. The underblouse
is of lace and silver thread, and the
hat, a great white cloche, was painted
beneath with passion flowers and
smothered above with masses OF pale
green and maUve ospreys-
Great changes are foretold for the
fall That the skirt will take on clos
er lines Is not certain, but probable
With thin summer materials the old
and unpopular style could hardly come
in. Amang the prevalent fancies that
are likely to hold their own through
out a change OF season are the opales-
cent and shot effects produced by the
yelling Of one tone with another. This
is being done so widely now In late
summer toilets that 1T is likely to con-
tinue for the coming fall at least
Tailored coats of unlined mosseiine de
sole are a late season development in
Paris and they are likely TO crop out