The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-14
PARIS FASHIONS.
(BY MADAME PARoUIN.)

mark who direct the great art OF dress
making in Paris. and nave built up
the houses which are now of universal
fame, justly complain Of this state Of
things. There are no longer any
modes" they say: there are only odds
and ends. Formerly style. a mate
rial. or an embroidery marked a season.
Today ladies are surrounded with so
much luxury and so much prOfusion
that they have neither the opportunity
nor the time 10 adopt personally any
one style. any one stuff, or any par
ticdiar lace They wish 20 vary the
effect as much as possible. and sue
coed. Every season brings as many
changes in our modes as did twenty
years Of the old times
The novelty Of the moment consists
Of striped stuffs-pekine, as they are
called A famous dressmaSer Of the
Rue de Ia Pafx-the PRINCE Of dress
makers ia faCt-has had the effective
idea of yelling these stuffs with silk
muslin, or with plain transparent ma
terial, in the same tone as one Of the
stripes: this PRODUCES a charming en-
semble Imagine, for example, a veil
ing OF cherry c0lOr-that is To say,
very bright red-piaCed over skirt of
soft taffetas Striped white and cherry.
while embroidered silk braid of the
same shade. Of red IS the yelling keeps
the latter ia position around the foot
OF the skirt. on the bodice the same
sort Of embroidery forms a sort OF cape
over the shoulders, the ends crossing
over. a. rchemisette of old embroidered
linen. The sleeves are a Ia Duse-that
is 10 say widening towards the elbows
like a japanese kimonO, from which
tissue other sleeves Of embroidered lin
en- similar TO the chemisette. This dress
is belted with black satin, which gives
the whole "a striking air of sombre re-
lief
la the same order Of ideas may be
cited a skirt of silk muslin, smoked
gray in color, placed over another skirt
Of soft silk pekine. white and gray.
The first-that is to say, the Silk-muS-
lin skirts bordered with d eross-cut
band Of liberty satin in the same tone
Of gray, over which is some Chantllly
lace incrusted in the muslin and tinted
like it. These two skirts are accom-
panied by a coat Of soft liberty OF the
same smoked gray color, with. sleeves
of lace issuing from the ordinary ones,
and with very large buttons of fine
steel. which at the back mark the
somewhat shortened waist.
Q In another costume. tailor-made style.
the stripes are not yelled with any
other stuff. The markings are very
The skirt is Of 'trotteuse' fOrm-Uhat
is 20 say. short and fully rOUnded-and
is accompanied by a jacket of red tes-
sorah trimmed with white lace facings
with q collar of white pique. This
dress makes a charming fantasy for
morning wear-One of those creations
to which the classic subduednesS of the
ordinary tailor-made is gradually
Yielding 1t is even limited that the
rnfl IL. is nj m 10 IA
it formerly held in the opinion of the
dTeSsmakers. The comfort of the auto
mobile which now carries US along city
streets or country roads. as in per
ambulating drawing room. permits US
to wear from morning EDWARDS cos
TUNES OF muslin or other stuffs soft,
rich and dressy.
Another well-known dressmaker of
the Place Vendome incTusts in the tulle
dresses outlines of bouquets formed of
tOile. in strong cOlors. the whole pro-
ducing an exquisite effect; while
third, who is always well to the front
with his ideas favOTs wolfe or mus
lin, plain or with narrow stripes. The
arrangement Of the latter. lengthwise,
horizontally or crosswise, lends itself
to numerous combinations. To sum up,
I may say that in the matter of skirts
the tendency is more and more in IA
them, notwithstanding the quantity of
stuff used. as clinging as possible. To
attain the latter object many ladies
abandon petticoaJs almost completely,
and the flounce of what they are
obliged To retain is made of rose liber-
", without stiffening. instead of tat
fetas or prepared silks. Respecting
bodices as a general rule, it may be
said that the shoulders are brought
FpU-ra z-ar.xr lnu- i'm firbr form from,
which issue the sleeves, which are
made very wide like those worn by the
Japanese. Such is the dominant idea
of the moment. but la mode is very
elastic and tOlerateS many forms. Civ
ing full scope for choice.
The vogue of feathers continues to
grow, and is likely to do SO, and hats
are made larger than ever. especially
those to go with dresses of more cere-
mOnious kind. White straw viii be
worn a great deal this year. and col
Ored straw a great deal less. Gray and
chestnut strawS became too common
last year and have accordingly fallen
into disfavor. With that charming
illogical faculty in which women excel
these white straw hats are 20 be trim
med with nibilene. and for, many of
those for the demi-season faffetaS ~
satin will be used, with clusters of
light colored feathers.
In the matter of shoes the black va
riety, laced, is now hardly ever seen in
day wear 1t is replaced by the ''abbe'
shape in patent leather. and instead of
laces a large buckle OF old silver is
used. Very smart also are the English
bottinos OF cloth. or of light gray or
beige antelope. Stockings are more or
nate than ever. They are worn in all
cOlors. according To fancy, with in
sertions of Chantilly or d'Alencon lace.
Suede gloves are much i'm favor i'm their
natural hues, pearl gray or champa gne.
and nave quite taken the place of the
white.
Hosiery made of gauze is the last
idea in luxury. IL is as filmy as gos-
samer and can be danced into holes
IN a single night. Specially dyed TO
match the tulle dresses that are so
fashionable I'm the ballroom this season
gauze stockings are TO be seen of the
Iiew Wedgewood blue shade as well as
In chrome yellow, old rose and cyla-
men mauve and pink colorings.
1t is a matter of choice whether the
are plain or ornamented. If
the latter be preferred they can be
bought inset with a flight Of little but