The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-05
Fashions From Three Centers
NEW YORK FASHIONS.
BY EDITH RAYMOND.

New York, May 4.-The season is one
not soon to be forgotten by any one
with a whit of interest in fashions. The
kimono sleeve. hlched from the negli-
gee whose name It keeps. for coats and
bodices of many classes Is the most
striking Characteristic. 1t brought
with IL several other pretty fancies-
such, for instance, as the lace frflfed
slecve-and was followed hard after by
the mandarin armhole. The mandarin
armhoie itself IS enough for one sea
sons developments. 1t is largely re-
sponsible for the host of sleeveless
is daily increasing.
Hand embroidery and elaborate hand
work of all kinds II still considered the
smsrtest finish to almost every style
of dress, but as all hand sewing ma
turaily increases the expense of gown.
embroidery is decidedly out Of favor at
the moment, and this makes hand work
ell the more popular. Even sheer and
delicate fabrics are now embroidered in
decorative style. Some of the most
charming robes of this spring are In
chiffon, the bodice literally covered
with fine embroidery. Naturally 1t re-
quires an experts hand to do this work
we'll, but the result quite justifies the
expenditure upon the gown. Embroi-
derry has brought back the vogue of the
chiffon dress. for at one time there was
danger of a plain colored chiffon being
rather too simple for Gebutante or
school girl Incidentally. embroidery
will often give character to one Of
those exQuisitely pale shades that are
so pretty but so effective. One frock
seen recently was quite made by its
embroidery. This model was deli
cately beautiful shade of salmon pink
laid over exactly the same tone of silk
underSlip. The collar and deep vest
were of cream colored lace, little revers
Of the latter being sewed back over the
chiffon In front and down the length
Of the narrow V-shaped yoke in the
back.
The bodice bloused slightly both front
and back, and over the high empire
belt was embroidered in close design
in two shades OF salmon. Bretelles of
the chiffon were brought well out on
the shoulder, so that the waist gave
the effect of forming part of the
sleeves. Where the material fell down
over the lace under sleeves the chiffon
was bordered with liberty satin like
that of which the girdle was formed.
The only other trimming on the dress
consisted of three four-inch bands of
silk laid about the skirt and the tueks
which held the material in below the
girdle and gave the necessary flare
when opened up Just below the knees.
There is little embroidery used on
any of the skirts this year. for they re-
quire little. if any, elaboration. On the
waists of the gowns, however, embroi-
derry and lace and trimmings of all
kinds run riot. The so-called jumper
bodices, whether in cloth, silk, linen
or raJah, are embroidered or braided in
nd ell ha 1oS 1asv
ployed in a number of the handsome
cloth costumes. SILK and rajah are both
worked in one or more tones of embroi-
derry silk, while the linens are all kept
on the one shade.
Perhaps the most effective use of en-
broidery is upon the little bolero and
pony coats that are so smart at the
moment. Many of these jackets are so
tiny that it is impossible to put any
additional trimming on them, so that
their adornment consists of the embroi-
derry worked directly upon the mate
rial
Lace coats and wraps of all sorts and
varieties continue to be as popular as
ever, in fact seem to have taken a new
lease of life this spring, and are APP
pearing among the more recent French
importations. Made up over a chiffon
foundation, a three-quarter. half fitted
Jacket OF blue lace gives a most effect
i've finish to a black and white silk or
chiffon gown, and viii look well with
almost any afternoon dress. The robe
is, as a rule, made up for the coat, in
which case the lace wrap is attached
to and made in one piece with the
dress, but If it is desired to have the
lace more generally useful and to be
worn with a number of frocks then it
Will look just as we'll separate from the
costume.