The Colorado statesman., 1908-02-01
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| How quickly the long, tight sleeve
mas leaped into favor? That is at
least among the ultra-fashionable. And
they (the sleeves) are infinitely be-
coming to most women. The sleeve in
Its most approved shape has very lit
tie If any fullness at the shoulder, and
1t molds the arm right down Co the
wrist, where it curves out gently, thus
forming a cup-like frame for the
knuekles. 1t is predicted by one of
the most famous of the Paris dress
makers that these sleeves will be i'm
mensely popular in the coming spring
worn as they will be with the sleeve
less coats, especially with those coats
which have very wide armholes.
Another novelty of which we wish
to speak and which we picture in our
smaller illustration, is the latest thing
in sashes. You will not notice that it
was passed around the girls waist,
from the front, and that the ends
were brought back and tied at one
side, almost in front.
On slender figures these sashes are
infinitely becoming, and they are an
absolute rage at the moment They
are, l think, more becoming to the
average woman than the "Fatma"
sash, as the latter must be drawn
very tightly round the hips and tied
either at the back or front-several
inches below waistline.
AS for the costumes displayed in
our large illustration above, the first
is of dull red cloth, the long coat being
edged with fanciful braid, while the
waistcoat and revers are of black
Persian lamb. The second costume is
of light blue face cloth, cut in princess
| style in front and trimmed with lit
tie soutache embroidery, and bearing
lace waistcoat outlined with a short
ermine stole.
There is no doubt that many modish
women favor the English rather than
the French fashion of gowning for
evening at the theater and in dining,
even in public restaurants and at the
play. A slight decolletage is not only
charming when the neck is good, but
1t is much more comfortable in our
overheated theaters and restaurants
But it should be remembered that by
far the greater number of people in
any audience are those having mod
crate and in some cases very mod
| crate incomes, and that with such
even the semi-decollete gown for such
occasions is more or less of an extrava-
gance. 1t would seem, therefore. that
with their varied opportunities cover
ing the opera boxes, innumerable pri-
vate entertainments, to say nothing of
dinners at home-for wearing semi
and full decollete gowns-the women
of social standing would do better to
follow the example of the refined
Parisienne and wear high-necked
frocks, or, at least. those with Dutch
necks of the tiniest possible v, when
dining in public or at the play, remem-
bering, always, that their gowns will
surely be copied as nearly as possible,
in cut at least, by many of their sex
who can not afford it.
In England it is quite different.
There are distinctly different classes,
and the quiet middle class is content
to dress as do others of the same
class. Hereditary titles and blue
blood, no matter how illegitimately
the blue-so-called blue-blood may
have come, are genuinely esteemed,
and the fact that money derived from
marrying into the vulgarest of families
may pay the bills makes little diff
ference.
Here there can be no caste, People
| try to make 1t, but when the million
aire of to-day springs only a genera