The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-15
LONDON FASHIONS.
BY MAY DAWSON.

present for ordinary outdoor wear
ubiquitous. There is little or no varie-
ty in the building of these gowns; the
killed or pleated skirt, just long enough
to clear the ground all round, is the
style approved of, and the single
breasted, cutaway coat. bound with
silk braid, is the shape of coat most in
vogue. The cut and hang of the tailor
made must be beyond all reproach, and
the figure must be in perfect keeping.
The length of waist at back is still
slightly shorter than nature intended,
but it is gradually returning TO, it's
normal position, and the front waist
line is not quite so abnormally dipped
as it was. but just sufficiently to give
a graceful contour to the slim and ele-
CANT silhouette of the 1907 fashionable
figure. To be in the movement you
must be tall and willowy, and many
will be the remedies resorted TO to re-
duce the all too superfiuous flesh.
The material employed for these tai
iOr-mades may be varied-white cloth,
white serge, tussOre, striped or checked
tweeds, plain colors of every descrip-
tion-but all finished with the rather
wide fiat silk binding of braid. The
sleeves are long and resemble the style
of the mans coat sleeve, only a little
more shaped into the forearm and the
bound and finished with braid and fat
fiap pockets are allowable. The Shan
tung has not been quite such a success
as was anticipated, but it will prove
invaluable during the early autumn in
the heavier make. and fashioned in the
latest form. A deep russet-red shade
bound with black braid looks particu-
larly well, and a good dull green with
black is attractive.
Evening gowns are trying to atone
in their elegance for the simplicity
and severity of their relatives, the tai
lOr-mades. Therefore, tea gowns and
delightful picture gowns are more in
evidence than ever. Mousselines de
sole in white and pastel shades are
very deliberately embroidered in most
eXquisitely artistic designs, and in
some cases almost entirely cover the
whole fabric. The corsage resembles
in some instances a breast-plate of
raised embroidery, and is most becom-
ing to slender figures. The sleeves for
evening gowns may be treated in many
ways, but the long drapery from the
shoulder, leaving the upper part free,
is perhaps the most suitable to the pic
ture gown. WOndrOusly quaint dra-
peries are to be seen; some swathing
the figure, others hanging in long
straight lines.
Heather tweeds and heather and
purple striped homespunS are in favor
for spOrtswOmen this year. and soft
kid bands Of a deeper shade of the
same color form the most popular trim
ming for these The skirt is in fiat
pleats, and is worn slightly longer than
last year; sometimes a broad-shaped
band of the leather finishes the hem
Of the skirt, but more often it is quite
devoid Of all ornamentation. The Nor
folk coat is still popular, with leather
strappings, collar and belt. A modi-
fed mushroom cap of cloth or leather.
with wings at one side, is worn, al
though the comfortable Tam O'Shan-
ter will take much to beat when worn
in the jaunty style adopted by it's sup
porters. An originally designed coat
and skirt for a very ardent sports
woman is in striped heather and green
cloth, so killed that the one color is
kept uppermost, and only shows the
other stripe when in movement. The
small Zouave coat, which scarcely
reaches the waist, discIoses an Amer
lean shirt waist of white cambria
frilled down the front, each side of the
box pleat like the old English gentle
mems evening dress shirt A deep
band of soft kid of the leading color
gives the waist neat finish. The lit
tiny ball fringe of leather. A tight
fitting waistcoat. single-breasted, made
of chamOis leather, the color of the
paler stripe, may be substituted for
this cambria shirt
1t looks as if not one of the big
dressmakers would employ stripes in
the winter. The fashion for them was
more than satisfied during the spring
and summer in Paris and at the cures
and watering places has been univers-
ally observed, in consequence of which
their Punishment has been decided
upon. Even now spotted materials are
being used with striped ones.
Among the cloaks there is a sleeve
not nearly new, but among the most
notable revivals-called the chauve-
souris, or bat because it resembles the
wings Of those curious creatures. 1t is
the kind of sleeve that is applied to
what is called the sleeveless wrap.
which paradox is easily understood. for
the bats wing drapery is not in real
ity sleeve. though through the aper-
ture in the cloak beneath the arms can
make their way.
The complete dress that shows a cor
sage and skirt en- suit will be more of
more the enemy of the blouse and de
rigueur for all fashionable occasions.
The only blouse that will be very mo-
dish is the lingerie one, toward which
Ia belle Parisionne has been well dis
posed for several seasons past The
silk blouse seems to have taken unto
itself wings and flown away; its tri-
umph would appear to be completely
over. The grandfather friIl upon the
lingerie blouse, with a row of jeweled
studs down the box pIeated center, will
be as popular as ever, but all blOuses
must have long sleeves: the short one
is demode
The doom Of the Japanese and Chi
nese furOre has been uttered; it was so
overwhelmingly approved by the ma
Jority that the minority will not again
turn favoring gaze upon il for very
long time to come. But of TUNES in
every form and of frocks of the class
zeal description we shall have any
amount of choice in the near future
Let IL not be surmised that there is to
be any diminutiOn in the cost of
dresses and millinery; on the contrary,
fashion seems of a more extravagant
turn of mind than ever
ing was at its height; but now that the
cleVerest and most distinguished cou-
turieres of the world are willing to
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