The Colorado statesman., 1907-10-19


rich harvest. All the coats and skirts,
and these represent the style of
gown which prevails ubiquitously,
show the marks of his handiwork, and
as l predicted some time ago, every
coat is long and well below the hips.
some reaching to the knees, while 9th
ers are even longer
| Waistcoats made separately are hav-
| ing some consideration, and these are
not always sleeveless, as is the habit
of waistcoats. Every material is
used to make them, satin being of
| paramount Importance in the scheme.
A dark green velvet coat and skirt
owe much to the waistcoat of water
blue velvet, and a no less successful
combination is a purple cloth dress
with waistcoat of peach colored vel
vet. Some of the long straight coats
exhibit sleeves of different material
the waistcoat being made to match
these, and coat of dark brown vel
vet looks extremely smart with satin
sleeves and vest, the Indispensable
braid binding putting in its appear
ance round armholes and hens.
This binding of braid is the rule, in
silk for the most part, and 1t is found
decorating alike the costume of cloth
| and the costume of velvet, which
owns its cheaper. though scarcely less
| effective rival in the costume of vel
| veteen.
Many of the velvets have a miroir
surface, a virtue the manufacturers
have also accorded to the velveteen,
which may boast of one decided nov
city, stripes of equal sizes about one
third of an inch in breadth. This is
to be seen in every possible combina-
ton of dark colors. the most popular
of all the velveteens being black and
brown stripes and black and MOLE
gray stripes, and these make the
smartest costumes bound with silken
braid, fashioned in the simplest style.
with small sleeves reaching to the
wrists, and step-collar and rounded
ends to the cutaway front.
Sometimes these coats are fitted
with cloth waistcoats of some con-
trasting color. buff for choice. and
under all circumstances the small V
left at the neck by the cutting of the
collar is filled in with a jabot cravat
of hem-stitched lawn depending from
collar band, and shaped higher at
the back than in the front with a lit
tie goffered frill outlining the chin.
Frilling, by the way, is u revival we
have not welcomed for about Is
years, when no costume for morning
or afternoon wear was complete with
out frilling round the neck and
sleeve This, however. was wont to
be made of lisse. Before the days
when chiffon ousted it from the posi-
ton of prime favor amongst diaphan-
GUS fabrics, the making of lisse frill-
ing was quite an important industry,
and hundreds of different patterns
were at our disposal The little rolled
| frilling, such as generally associate
with the widows cap. is worn now
round the neck and sleeves of after
noon gowns, and other frillings show
three rows of very tiny killings very
closely stitched together.
The main attraction of this new or
der is that it compels the collarband
to be shaped accurately to the line of
the neck, extending higher at the
back than the front. and forming a
sort of frame to the face eminently
becoming and attractive. and specially
so to the bell-shaped hat Somehow
this bellshaped hat seems to need
some such aid for its best conduct
The bell-shaped hat makes fur
ther bold bid for success in beaver,
felt, velvet and silk. The latest idea
is to line the inside brim with con
trasting color white. rose-pink, and
pale blue all being used for such pur-
poses in hats of brown or mole gray,
or purple. while for further trimming
there is large loose crown of silk
tied at one side. or crown covered