Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-09-01
SOCIETY FADs


Il past" says Mrs. Osborn IN the
DelIneator for September, when fash
| ions were so axed, so decided. have
come to the conclusion that there Is one
| paramount difference, one paramount
| advance namely: the reason back or
changing fashions, the cause OF inno-
vations. That cause is the demand Tor
comfort. the demand on the part OF wo-
men for clothes that shall suit them,
not somebody else"
styles for autumn markedly confirm
this trend. The women are gradually
| learning, also, that II is much more
sensible to wear thinner fabrics in the
| fall and winter, regulating the warmth
| by having a supply Of outer wraps TO
put on or take off as the temperature
demands
In New York especially. where both
! the climate and steam heated homes
make thinner gowns Imperative even IN
midwinter, you will find lighter weight
dresses to prevail. 1t is no longer
thought necessary to scramble to buy
heavy cloth gown when SeptemDersco
| Thinner gowns are now made more
possible for the street on account OF the
| appearance of the long coat. This dis
| tinctive as we'll as very useful wrap Is
likely to become quite the thing. In
fact, 1t is Inevitable as companion to
the lighter weight gowns.
$50" continues Mrs. Osborn, when
be worn all winter add the plea that
women will not Immediately fly at me
with the cry of impracticabilty. INN
| clothes are no more expensive than
heavy. They come in shades just as
serviceable, and two long coats are SUI
| ficient for all weather changes and GER
| tainly are not mad extravaganza
1t is commendable that the cut of these
| coats is more suitable for general wear
than in recent seasons. For example:
| the fitted back and the distinctly norman
waist line. The correct length varies
from forty-four to fifty-hve inches, ana
| for hard wear may be made OF English
worsted. covert or broaGcloth. Only one
thing is demanded-the garment must
| permit a woman to go on the streer
warmly dressed without changing ner
| thin gown. ).
| 1t is not always possible to trace al
rectly the source of particular styie
no difficulty. We can lay 1t largely to
the climate. Our winters are by no
/ means what they were. The wnoie
scheme of weather seems to have SHIFT
ed-late spring. summer in autumn, LON
don rains instead of brisk winter.
| 1t has become an art to cope with the
modern American climate This vogue
| for thin dresses in winter will, no doubt.
prove more than a vogue. 1t is written.
written by the weather man. that until
| the seasons swing into some dependapie
stability we must dress by the day and
| not by the calendar
! Even the theories of medical advisers
enter into this matter of dress. Ply
! sicians now recommend an abundance
4 of fresh air, toning and toughening
| of the system by facing all the r1gors
| of climate and of making cold tonic
! instead of a menace to health women
| are becoming more and more impressed
| IN y,r-fnofplp. Clothes
| must be regulated by the weather, no
/ matter at what season Of the year.
! Thus we are assured upon this tact.
| You will find no longer any notable dil-
| ference between the materials Tor sum-
| mer and winter. Many at first VIII can
this absurd, crazy perhaps; but time VIII
proye the assertion Graceful, cilnglng
| fabrics. such as chiffon cloths. marquis
! cite creme de chine the various silks.
muslins even, will be found prevalent
this winter when supplemented by the
4 long coat.
| Common sense is at last becoming
i operative in the matter of womans dress
q Today's styles are bearing the rtamp
4 of It. s'It is far from sensible Mrs
Il Osborn writes further, that we should
u have been governed so long by the cal
endar. since back of the calendar is
i the weather But many people go through
life with the two telescoped.
/ them in the face they bow to what they
accept as the inevitable and buy wooden
| underwear find such people particular
| Nv aggravating. And challenge any
| class of workers to meet more of them
| than does a person in my position.
| long since decided that to know wo-
mans real character you must make a
| dress for her."
Although the thin gown is the most
| radical of the seasons fashions 1t Will
| not be as conspicuous as its associate.
i the long coat. This coat as shown IN
the Osborn models is adaptable to every
| occasion and may be fashioned OF every
sort of material-light weight cloths.
silks or of something of more durability
| The long coat it is hoped. will prove
| valuable in another connection, that or
Ilessening the use of the tiresome, stereo-
typed shirt waist. Its prevalence is TO
| be deplored, for strictly 1t has but Two
! functions-for morning wear and with
the short skirt for walking. Women who
nut them on and wear them all day can
| never consider themselves correctly
| dressed Whole dresses are much more
to be preferrd.
| It is Just this long coat that is going
to encourage whole dresses as Wen as
| thin dresses; but there is a great danger
in this becoming a popular wrap. -ou
know what 1t is--it is the hackneyeu
| model Heaven spare us from uniform
of long coats There would be no es-
Gaping them. You would meet yourself
walking into several duplicates of your
self every time you strolled UP Fifth
avenue or any other street from Maine
| to California 1t has been so, has it
not, with the long hip coat and the
| plated skirt? Whole armies of these
| products have paced the earth. no regi-
ment of soldiers ever having looked more
| identically alike.
Now let the long coats take warming
| from the plated skirts. Make yours diff
| ferent or die. Remember that these long
coats are going to be copied because they
will be pronounced STYLE Conspicuous
fashions always attract the woman with
no distinction of her own. So a word
to the wise is sufficient. Have your long
coat different-or don't have any at all.
There are always many notifications
that "a woman of taste can make that
will stamp her wrap with her own in
dividuality.
every woman her own designer con-
tinues Mrs Osborn. would not be a
bad watchword. Think l say think!
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