Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-10-02
How to Dress Well With Two Suits TIL,
Characteristics of the Dressy T aiormade
The New Colors Paquin Blue, Pre-
lat, Topaz, Copenhagen The
Proper Sleeve Length.

Although this is counted by those In
authority a strictly tailor-made season.
1here is very marked increase In the mum.
Der Of elaborate coat and skirt costumes
presented. This is due TO the fact that
Tie coat costume nowadays has such
general use for dressy occasions. For
calling. receptions, luncheons and must
Gales 1t IL counted even better style than
ths costume Of light weight fabric to be
worn under a separate coat
They say that a woman may be well
dressed this winter In two SUITS one a
3sysre strictly tailored cloth, preferably
striped, the short skirt very simply
pieated. and the coat a 30 or SO inch
length and semi-ftted: and the other a
aressy long skirted costume, the skirt of
eircular or many gored cut, and the
soat semi or three-quarters fitted and
Aaf length or longer. This latter type
9f costume Is very frequently provided
with an extremely beautiful and ornate
vest, and is otherwise elaborated with
oraids, buttons. cloth and velvet applica-
lions With the first mentioned OF these
suits 10 worn the strictly tailored waist
or a simple lingerie waist with an at
eached or detached Marie Antoinette
frfll. With the second costume one wears
bodice Of matching tone, but lighter
weight material, say chiffon cloth, lans-
downe or silk wolfe. With these two cos
tunes & woman may be well dressed on
practically any and every occasion save a
formal private dinner or a ball
The more elaborate tailored costumes
Usually have the long skirt, although this
Ia not imperative. The arrangement OF
the trimming on the skirts, and on the
coats as well, Is an interesting feature
this season. Instead of being disposed In
scroll Ike lines as for several seasons
past, we find the braids and applications
arranged In rectangles and various de
signs having many right angles. Sou
tsche. In combination with wide dat
oraids, Is markedly present in these
dressy costumes new and wider
soutache is taking the lead. This is ex-
tremely rich looking, particularly when
used. as 1t frequently is. in large quaint
ties
combination OF two different weights
of fabric OF the one color Is often used
In the elaborate coat costumes. In this
case the different weights of cloth would
form the trimming. with perhaps a touch
gI lace OF tAlDtO4utEH HtIS Is no bihAh
trimming used where various fabrics are
combined IN one model. The fabrics
chosen for dressler lor-mades are those
that readily fall into graceful lines, the
silky broadcloths. light weight veivets
and soft wide-wale fancy serges- Both
the hroadcloths and serges are shown in
charming new striped effects. We have
so long accepted serges and broadcloths
as coming only in plain and solid eolors,
thai TO nnd th~m In stripes and melange
ground and In al combinations Of colors
is certainly a novelty. A large percent
age CT the coloTs Of the dressier types Of
tabor mades are DARK. To be sure there
are charming tones called topaz, bloudine
and pominos that range light, but these
are 9 Emsll percentage compared with
eha hronse greens, the prelat and the new
paQufn blues
A word about these two latter eolors.
The preaat or purple has been shown in
PAquin models this past sumner fire.
QsGty combined IL charming fashion with
details In psls blue These purple tones
ars extremely rich The brighter shades
u them are got likely to havs great