The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-09
WHAT FASHION
 DICTATES NOW Three Piece Suits, Coat Styles, Braid and But
 ton Trimmings.

The three-piece costume of the winter promises to develop pictur- esque and attractive features, though a few of the extreme models already shown are bizarre rather than beau tiful. On the whole, however, the graceful long coats of redingote al- lure, heavily braided, the handsome waistcoats, the cllnging skirts, with their cleverly arranged relation to bodices which, though unquestionably integral parts of the costumes, are yet sheer and comfortable-all those makeup costumes which are distinct ly admirable.
 Broadcloth and velvet are the ma terials most often pressed into service for these models, though soft, rich silks of the order of faille, duchess etc, promise to be much used for this purpose, and one importer has shown two advance models from a famous house which are of heavy crepe de chine, braided and trimmed in cloth and lace of self tone.
 A more or less pronounced cutaway effect is noticeable in large num- her of the long coats, whether these coats are loose-fitting or semifitting, and this cutaway affords opportunity for the display of the coat front or only at top and bottom Other ..xa..4aao nr1ts 1otx,, al the top of the girdle. Tn coat of this kind the coat fronts usually roll back, exposing a considerable width of waistcoat and the garment is not so warm as a snugly buttoned coat, but considerations of warmth enter little into winter fashions nowadays, and furs or an extra loose cloak may be made to supplement a costume more chic than sensible.
 soutache is still dear to the hearts of designers and the fine braid in- tricately applied is still much used on sheer stuffs, but holder and heavier kind of soutache braiding appears upon many of the cloth and velvet costumes, big buttons and ornaments made from the braid being used in connection with the braiding. One cloth suit which we have in mind has a long cutaway coat handsomely braided with big braid buttons intro- df1ced in the front, the sleeves and where the coat skirts are slit up the 2 sides. This practice of opening the coat skirts up the sides and trinlming tho edges of the opening Sam to have caught the fancy of the French designers and often this advice is eni- ployed for the purpose of securing fullness without bulky awkwardness in the coat skirts.
 Another pretty new model makes graceful use of this idea. The cut away coat skirts do not begin their slant until halfway between waistline aid knee and from that point they run down to three-quarter lengths at sides, sloping up again, though much Jess sharply toward the back. This leaves long point at ecah side of the coat and the cut allows considerable fullness in the sides, but the coat skirts are opened up from points to hips. Buttons and silk loops are set along these openings and little weights are sewed in at the bottom of the points, so that the folds will fall gracefully. Skirt and sleevs are trim med in harmonizing fashion, with silk-covered buttons and loops and there is no other trimming save a very effective waistcoat, which is of striped iron gray and whiteBsilk em- broidered over by hand in a floral Ge- sign of dull soft shades-blue, rose, gren and violet.
 Buttons are important in the trln- ming scheme this fall and are used n all sizes and grades of eleganc9. A number of pretty bodice and skirt models in chiffon, broadcloth and oth' CT soft light weight wools have little buttons and simulated button lelns sci in long lines from waist to hem or the skirt and from shoulder to glrdlt on the blouse.
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