East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-11-27
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. CATHERINE PAYZANTS .
. FASHION LETTER. .

New York, Nov. 27.-Now that the
Horse Show, the first important dress
display Of the metropolitan social
season, is thing Of the past, and the
modistes and millinery have had time
to study the tendencies of the win
| ter's fashions, the dictates OF style
have become final As in the past,
the Madison Square Garden show was
fashions proving ground, and the
styles and fabrics displayed there
have been accepted as "the thing
for the coming season.
TO the question "what is the most
fashionable fabric?" one Is puzzled
to answer for there seems to be many
fashionable fabrics and il is well that
II Is 50 for women now must have so
many gowns. The women who at
tend the Horse Show are never seen
in the same gown twice and domistes
and merchants must provide geatI
number for both day and evening
wear.
There were to be seen many velvets
of fine luster, lovely colors and won
derful texture-light, fine and soft to
a marvellous degree; satlns whose tint
surpasses anything ever yet seen in |
satins; rich clinging crepes; chiffon |
brOadcloths of amazing lghtness and
sickness and I'm a multitude of deli |
cate shades; sheer nets and chiffon |
cloths and charming silk voies: lib .
erty silks and handsome brocades.
While there were to be noted gowns
that depended wholly upon their cut,
beauty Of, ,line and elegance of finish
so becoming to certain figures, there
were also gowns that were lavishly
trimmed with embroideries and laces
and braiding, fringes,. passementeries,
buttons and insets Of other rich fab
rics.
I'm this matter of decoration it
would seem that the ingenuity and
patience of the makers must have
been taxed to the utmost, so varied
md beautiful are the many modes Of
DUPLICATION. Trimmed gowns today
ire positive extravaganza, and out
ide Of the great courts of the past, {
never were such prices and such ele-
,ance Of treatment seen.
one Directoire model-and the Di-
ectoire modes led at the Horse Show {
was developed in velvet in a deep 5
urple shade and the long jacket was '
trimmed in pasementerie of the same {
hade. The revere were trimmed with ]
trips Of emboidered cloth The vest !
'as of white brocade decorated with q
eautiful buttons The skirt was o
lade with a princess front, was long a
nd clinging. s
Chiffon cloth was decidedly a IA
orite at the Horse Show. And no J
laterial viii be used more for the af- b
'rnoon costume made in 'semi-prin- Il
ass style. The sleeves should be II
extending well over the o
and and sometimes cut in one with b
lie bodice. A pretty gown of this de- p
ription would be effective i'm a plum a
olored broadcloth trimmed with a q
)ke and undersleeves Of coarse lace
itlined with narrow bands of light
'own fur
Green was a color that was often %
en- and when trimmed with some c'
'ft tinted fur made a very effective
'velopment. The skirt was plain
semi-princess cut and dragged
jout the feet a semi-loose Jacket Q
made with side Sits laced with sill In
~ ribbons and trimmed with fringe. :
A number of striped and dotted
are seen but they have
Vt become a great favorite as vet. c.
deed they look too much like the
ulards without the softness and sup.
eness Of the foulards. Both dark
ID light grounds are used with con- ST.
'sting dots and discs and stripes. M
hough in the latter case one sees su
're frequently the self-toned stripe. VIC
OF all colors, perhaps gray is after ne
the most popular.