The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-22
How to Dress Well With Two Suits tt
Characteristics Of the Dressy Tailormade
TheNew Colors Paquin Bios, Pre-
lat, Topaz, Copenhagen The
Proper Sleeve Length.
Proper Sleeve Length.

Although this Ia counted by those In
athOrity strictly tailor made season.
lerf Is very marked increase In the mum.
ter OF elaborate coat and skirt costumes
TeStnted This is due to the fact that
IN. coat costume nowadays has such
general use for dressy occasions. For
Railing. receptions, luncheous and nusl.
rs.es 1t is counted even better style than
the costume OF light weight fabric to be
worn under a separate coat.
They say that a woman mny be we'll
dressed this winter IN two suits one a
severe strictly tailored cloth. preferably
striped, the short skirt very simply
pleated. and the coat a 80 or SO inch
length and semi-htted: and the other a
hressy long skirted costume. the skirt of
rircnlar or many gored cut, and the
ront semi or three,quarters fitted and
bali length or longer This latter type
Of costume is very frequently provided
with an extremely beautiful and ornate
vest, and is otherwise elaborated with
braids. buttons. cloth and velvet applica-
tons. With the first mentioned of these
suits Is worn the strictly tailored waist,
Or simple lingerie waist with an at
tached or detached Marie Antoinette
frill. With the second costume one wears
bodice of matching tone. but lighter
weight material, say chiffon cloth, lans-
downe or silk voile With these two cos
tunes a woman may be well dressed on
practically any and every occasion save a
FORMAL private dinner or ball.
The more elaborate tailored costumes
usually have the long skirt, although this
Is not imperative The arrangement OF
the trimming on the skirts and on tho
coats as well, is an interesting feature
this season. Instead OF being disposed In
scroll like lines as for several seasons
past, we find the braids and applications
arranged In rectangles and various de-
signs having many right angles. Sou
tache, In combination with wide fat
braids, is markedly present in these
soutache Is taking the lead. This is ex-
tremely rich slooklng particularly when
used, us it frequently IS. in large quanti-
ties.
combination of two different weights
pf fabric of the one color is often used
in the elaborate coat costumes. In this
rase the different weights of cloth would
FORM the trimming, with perhaps touch
pf lace or embroidery. There is no braid
trimming used where various fabrics are
combined in one model. The fabrics
chosen for dressler tailor-mades are those
that readily fall into graceful lines.-the
silky broadcloths, light weight velyets
and soft wide-wale fancy serges. Both
1 the broadcloths and serges are shown In
charming new striped effects. We have
30 long accepted serges and broadcloths
rs coming only In plain and solid colors,
That to find them in stripes and melange
ground and in all combinations Of colors
ls certainly novelty. large percent
lge of the colors of the dressier types of
lailor-mades are dark. To be sure there
IRE charming tones called topaz. blondlna
IND pominos that range light. hut these
IRE small percentage compared with
The bronze greens. the prelat and the new
Paquin blues.
A word about these two latter colors.
The prelat or purple has been shown In
Paquln models this past summer fire.
gently combined In charming fashion with
"details I'm pale blue. These purple tones
are extremely Rich. The brighter shades
~ thspN ara not likely to have great