The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-28
LONDON FASHIONS.
BY MAY DAWSON.

interests spectators OF the SnOp VIII
dows and in many instances 1t is safe
to say completely astonishes them.
The sensationally wild aspect of some
of the models would suggest that Fash
ion expects her deyotees to look like
wild Inlians rather than civilized Eng
fish women.
1t is the curious feathers that are
being offered that give the latest hats
their erratic appearance. Upon a pea
cock green straw model guinea fowl
wings are displayed quit fiat over the
crown, 50 that that part of the head
is completely covered; in another case
toQue OF cobalt blue straw with a
velvety brilm binding and crown swath-
cry to match, has at one side mass of
clotd-like mingled ostrich and mara
bout feathers twisted tortuously this
way and that. Some of the hats look
as if they had been sat upon, so out
of all recognizable shape are they.
In a few cases flowers are mixed with
feathers and in one | noticed over the
fiattened ginger-colored wings that COW
ever the crown of a smoke gray straw
model q mass Of dandelion clocks
waved erratically as If they had Just
flown from some field and attached
themselves to the plumage. In another
instance meadow-sweet sprouted from
peacock plumage.
1t is undoubtedly the quieter millin-
cry models that will eventually tri-
umph in the quest for popularity. Ex-
quisitely dainty and English looking
are the Dolly Warden hats made of
coarse/or fine straw according to taste
and the dictates of occasion, with rib
bon trimmings revealing that essential
item of the original scheme the bands
and bows of tissue or taffetas that are
posed over the top of the crown in the
center to end on the brim in some
cases, but in others to be brought right
over it and to tie at the back of the
hair
At enc of the recent weddings Dolly
Warden hats made charming appear
allce carried out in a pale gold-colored
Leghorn with azure satin ribbon trim
rllings and punches of pink button
roses. Immense breadth and length are
two of the newest features of the new
est hats. One very pretty specimen of
a large hat was even seen with a net
crown punched with roses.
The dainty little Yvonnes and Al
berts of fashionable Paris who tiisport
themselves daily in the Bots de Bou-
lOgne in frilly frOcks rich with encrus-
tations and trimmings of lace and cob
web stitchery never play with the heart
whole enjoyment of the English child
on holiday. Long button boots of
delicate kid and expensive apparel that
a fall might injure past PREPARATION are
hardly compatible with a good ronp.
and the boy and girl bred under Brit
ish skies may we'll thank fate that
their mothers drew a hard-and-fast
rule between the clothes in which one
may play with impunity and those in
which the small wearer is 'iernamen-
tai"
Nevertheless not a few ideas have
been borrowed from Paris in the mat
ter of spring costumes and coats. and
one of these is the fancy for very short
skirts terminating above instead of at
the knees. Empire fashions still rule
the choice of the nursery authorities.
and quaint fancy in the construction
of many of those little vetenients is the
devotion which is shown to military
braidings and ''froggings.'' Little
white serge coats adorned with white.
coarse silk braid interviewer with
threads of gold, viii be seen on all
sides, while pale pastel blue coats in
the finest faced cloths are often trim
med with silver braid in the Hussar or
Guards designs. Box pleated effects
may almost be said to be ubiquitous
where children's frocks are concerned
japanese influences in spite of pre-
dictions to the contrary have asserted
themselves and the kimono coats are
already good deal seen. in the hand
it seems one of the oldest garments
ever offered with its amplitude and its
large sleeveless arTnholes and in wear
it is sufficiently curious in effect, espe-
eially when in sharp contrast to the
rest of the dress And where il is NOT
acfII3llV a SPO7rafo item ie
ed in the crOssover lines of bodice
fronts and in the upper parts of Sleeves.
Very daintily has the idea been adopt-
ed to 5iouses and it seems that the best
models of these quite indispensable
items should have some relation in coll
or and trimming to the rest of the
dress. AT some Of the smart shops one
may see dresses. the bodices of which
are practically made out Of net or lace.
But invariably they have few little
tucks or revers or touches of the skirt
material deity introduced. The clever
girl, however, ordering her trim tailor
made coat and skirt could probably
secure short piece of the material
which would suffice to give a couple of !
blouseS exactly that note of harmony
which is characteristic of the best |
toilettes of the moment The leading |
shops have been foremost in promoting /
eiiiS tenuSHcyy IOT some or the most ]
effective displays have shown the COM
plete outfit from the fine silk hose up
to the smart parasol to match. whether /
IN Sevres blue or old rose. which is per- /
haps the all peryading shade
The Bridge coat Is the latest necessi- |
ity in the complete wardrobe 1t is not I
a distinct development of the tea Jacket /
which in due course became the coffee 4
coat. 1t should be of lace or of net, i
and is particularly successful in Irish |
crochet. Distinctive trimming is often /
given it by bands of chine silk, and 1t /
is somewhat a law unto itself as TO the |
length of the basque below the waist. |
But the lace coat bids fair to be rather |
a feature in the seasons modes if one /
may Judge from the elaborate and /
rather costly models displayed. If til
comes back it viii be but a modern
of the lace shawl of a
past generation. to whom it served all /
Of the various purposes for which today /
we want feather stoles, chiffon ruffles
Or delicately printed scarves Lace is
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