The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-26
FASHIONS AND FADS.
Hair. ribbons are the rage.

Jewels dTt less WOih PdpbSiS-
Corals are exceedingly smart with /
Rows of stiff puffs no longer appear
in the coiffure.
Young girls employ Grecian styles In |
hair arrangement.
Fall costumes will almost undoubted- |
ly be of supple fabrics.
The Colante is the latest namesfor the |
famed Directoire gown
For buttons and studs, corals ana
pearls are in the highest favor.
Only women past middle age now
wear the hair piled high on'the head
The value of green has never peen
more impressive than it is just now
Piaue has been revived and prom
ises to become passion by next year
Broadcloths of light weight will figure
largely in the autumn frocks.
Velvet will be much worn this win
ter. and satin will be universally seen.
! Satin finished woods and wool mate
l rails are much in demand by dealers.
The little white snowflower with yell
low heart is seen on many OF the best
hats.
Chiffon velvet will, as for some time,
| lead in favor for dinner and evening
gowns.
Silk patchwork, now much in favor
is a revival cOincident with the patri-
otto renaissance.
Twenty million feathers are sent
from Germany to England every year
for millinery purposes.
With the Grecian knot in the couture
are permitted a few graceful curls or
a chance puff.
Satin Egyptienne, silk with a wooden
warp, is a smart material well adapted
to the Directoire modes.
Small sunfowers, placed among lux
nriar 1t a IN, of the lat
est millinery creations.
Little girls sometimes wear two huge
bows, one at the nape of the neck and
one at the crown of the head.
Merry Widow earrings-which are
really early Victorian-are set with
semi-precious stones, and they are
great fad.
Many of the best hair specialists have
taken to kerosene and crude petroleum
as the best dressing for the scalp and
hair.
Diagonal striped worsteds are the
very last cry in worsteds, and will make
some of the smartest street suits.
The new satins are being manufac-
, tured in especially firm textures to re-
sist the strain of the close-ftting skirt.
Dyed Panama hats are in great favor
for outing wear. Usually an Indian
scarf is wound about the headpiece thus
transformed.
! The white linen collar is worn with
tailored waists. and beautiful hand en-
broidered ones can be had for compar-
: atively little.
J Physicians now urge that the powder
puff and pad be discarded as germ car
! riers, and that absorbent cotton be used
: in their place.
No German bride wears pearls. he
lieving in the adage, THE more nearls
Y a woman wears on her wedding day,
a the more tears she will shed in after
life
: A new self-colored damasse design in
silk is called Directoire damasse. This
is light in weight, elastic yet firm, and
s is similar in texture to louisine.
8 Partisan hair dressers are seriously
e discussing the probable revival of cow
=, dered hair. This would only be in line
! with the spirit of present fashions.
n Gowns made from sheer materials are
much less severe than those made oi
: the heavy. They follow the princes.
: model and are worn over slips of tnt
i same or contrasting color.
II Half an ounce of refined borax dis
% solved in half a gallon of water make:
g the best hot weather beauty bath. \
n dash of toilette water adds to 1t al
70 agreeable sense of luxury.
One of the latest freaks of the fash
IT ion maker is the catching up of thu
l. skirts of elaborate gowns a trif1e at tn
n front or one side to show the .smar
p" dressing of the foot.
"a The shawl scarf promises to becom
h a passion, and there is even ground 70
" the belief that the old fashioned shaw
is for general wear may return in all il
glory and comfort.
\ Some very pretty costumes, lace eff
70 feet are those with short plated Skin
y, of serge or linen, with a half loose jack
ct of silk, whether of cerise. green, nat
l. tier blue or copper.
or The newest neck fixing Is made o
N crisply plated tulle in the shape of
n double ruff, centered with a ban o
=. gold or silver tinsel ribbon which tie
IN alta the front in the shape of a prir
to square bow.
DR. The gymnasium suit bathing dress /
an innovation that seems eminentl
lg practical as the boomers look eXactl
m like skirts and thus do away with On
II garment, or, rather, combine two gar
ments in one.
10 Partisan dressmakers have for NV
a. seasons been refusing to make up cor
n trasting belts. holding that the effeC
is was Door: "a belt of the same color as
sists. a belt of contrasting color de
~ tracts"
n The latest thing in checked skirts
to that formed somewhat on the lines {
an the sun-plaited bias garment. At I'll
top of the waist the checks are il
at finitesimally small. They gradual
r. until at the base of the hem they al
q. immense.
III Parasols are always a very impol
NJ tant part of the summer addenda, an
vn the latest Partisan examples are Pre-
mt yided with long Directoire handles, tt
I'M tops covered to about three OF fol
Ter inches in depth with curious CASH
gathered silk or satin to match Il
~ shade.
n ~, Prominent among the most fashion:
,er BILE productions of the present seaso
are the dainty lace coats which a
le- so delightfully."- cool for summer wea
ed and which, moreover, seem 20 boast
lin distinctive charm of their own, poSs
a, bly,, no doubt, because of the undoubt
iiu beauty of the fabric of which they q
he composed.
vs. Black patent leather slippers or 10
IDS ties with silk Observation-Disclosures
,eu tho newest things These StOCktn