Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-23
Our Letter rom
aris

PARIS, Feb. Il.
-LANNFI, suits seem to be the
r. only garments whose style ap-
pears at all fixed for the COM
ing spring. They are cut in quite a
simple way with a semi-fitting coat, and
trey ar. all Of striped outing flannel
The bands that form the trimming for
these are made Of the same material.
only some are bias and some are made
with the stripe running across, so when
the latter are used. edged on each side
by the tias stripes. It gives the impress
sion Of a curved line. Some coats are
trimmed with flannel of some other
shade. or a striped suit will have check
ed collars and cuffs. or vice versa In
other suits these accessories may De In
the plain flannel 20 match the dark
stripe o; the suiting.
Other spring suits are made OF tus-
sor or voile, but these are much more
elaborate in design. Most OF them are
cut away almost straight from the DUST
line and run into quite sharp point IN
the back. This gives an opening ABOVE
and below the single button in the 'front.'
for the vest Of Powered cretonne or oro-
cade. Vests. by the way. are CONNIE II
faut, and help SO much in making
dress look original and attractive.
The sleeves in all suits have tend
ency to be very small The dressy suits
have three-quarter sleeves. while IN out
ing suits the sleeves are long.
Midseason evening wraps are made OF
broadcloth and satin cloth lined with
satin. They are heavily braided and
banded with velvet. while golden tassels
aid in making them quite splendid al
fairs.
The fashion in skirts still tends to the
overskirt, whether it be In one piece
or Of the sectional PATTERN. The tunic
has grown quite tight. though. and every
effort Is made In both coat and skirt to
show every line Of the figure.
Dinner coats Of lace and chiffon are
becoming more and more popular. and
they show signs OF remaining in favor
for quite a while. Lace coats will be
worn more than ever next summer over
light dresses. and while they are very
expensive fashion. they will wear a long
time
One OF the spring uits shown in a
window on the Place Vendome was
brown and white stripes The skirt was
pleated and fastened down the front
with row Of buttons. while the coat
was of the pony variety. held in place
by one button over brocade vest The
collar end cuffs Of brown velvet were
edged with white soutache braid. The
hat worn with this costume was white
chip trimmed only by looms Of deep
brown ribbon. ELOIsE
a frnr Do ahAV
great possibilities for the domestic dress
maker. for what can be more simple to
make than semi-fitting suit OF flannel?
The bands seem rather complicated. but
they are quite easy to do. Either
straight or bias band may be used
without the other. The coat Is simply
the coat that we have been wearing for
the last year. except that it slopes
more sharply away from the bust line.
A suiting of this sort may be linen or
cotton voile and the Powered vest can
be made Of any cretonne or other cur
tair material. just SO the small flower
design is selected.
The dinner coats are a very great
help to those girls who have evening
dresses which are q little shabby or
out Of date around the waist, yet with
the skirt good enough to wear. It IL
only necessary to make a loose fitting
coat of filet net and darn 1t with heavy
white floss or fiber thread and finish the
edge with a white chenille or silk
fringe. This will cover up all the de-
fects OF the costume and will give the
much desired straight line from the
shoulders to the knees
coat for summer may be made by
combining linen and medailions Of lace,
end 1t is only necessary to use a little
ingenuity to carry out all the ideas
given in a simple and inexpensive way.