The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-03-31

As the beautiful fabrics of the warmer
months are being cut and planned for
wear at Palm Beach now and Newport
and Atlantic and Pacific Coast resorts
later on. those who follow and do not
lead the fashion learn what new lines
Of dress viii be popular in the months
10 come We know that Japanese
sleeves will prevail in all sorts and styles
Of sleeves; that empire lines will domi-
nate everything in dress; that princess
gowns viii be very much in vogue and
that what are known as jumper cos
tunes and Jumper effects viii be seen on
high end low. rich and poor. and in all
sorts Of fabrics for q long. long time.
This is one Of the new. simple fancies in
dress which Is so becoming that all
women adopt it.
One Of the latest fads in fashionable
society is the wearing Of Old point lace.
When lace isn't old It is dyed to make
IL look as though a century. at the least.
had passed over it. Somehow the old
look, which is neither eCru nor ivory in
hue. but only the rich tint which age
seems 20 produce in a linen thread,
seems to become the fine meshes Of
point lace. This expensive lace is TO
be seen upon most of the new gowns
worn Dy leaders OF ldSUlDn-
Another peep into the wardrobes Of
fashions dlctators discloses the fact
that elaborate gold and silver laces,
patterned after those used in the time Of
Louis XVI. are very much faneied, in
deed, and that golden threads run
through many Of the dainty outdoor
garments OF the woman OF wealth.
And there is q last word to be said
about braidinG. Everybody who is any
body, VIII possess little beraided jackets
with their silk day gowns. In Paris
these little braided jackets are of canvas,
bat American women are pleased to
toss their heads at a canvas jacket
upon q silk gown, They Insist that the
harmonies are not preserved in this
10 EuroDe-sharp contrast, and so the
American leader OF fashion has her lit
tie jackets made OF silk. although they
are not always, by any means, OF the
same color as her gown, Generally the
color IS brought into harmony by a
certain striking, = narrow, stripe in the
skirt, or bands OF some kind used TO
trim it.
And then, ono haE to remember that
year by year these leaders of fashion
select things which, In some mysterious
manner they know viii not look well
upon anybody who has not the air of
grande dame, and which they are con-
WINGED Will not he sasy--OF even possible
to copy and, last but by no means
iSdSts WHICH %+ioJ are poSiAlNe VIII pltifo
so expensive that none but the eXciu-
sive and the rich may wear them,
Witness th8 japanese sleeve as inter
preted by smart oestumersi Any wom
an who hasn't e soOd figuFe-and only
nature and loss of money can make that
will look like q d0Wdy sioven in one
And behold that battling new empire
skirt, It takes one born in the purple
20 wear It with grace, Tt is wonderfully
charming or il Furnishes its wearer BY
making her aDpear utterly Fidicuia11s
and ill-gowned at the same mozasntl
Ans so enc studies what the leaders of
fashion will wear with an absolute GER
tainty that to most women their Gowns
will prove quite impossible acouisi-
lions. The woman who canot buy The
same style Of gowns merely homes 10
gather from them some ideas with
which to make a $50 gown look net too
different from one that costs far us into
the hundreds,