Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-12-26
LATEST IN FASHIONS.
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ANcW 1OIk, Lee. LO.-AI last IL
has come. Women are to wear pan
falcons. The latest changes in the
fashions prepared the ground for 1t
and made 1t practical If not an
aesthetical necessity.
French womens were the rst to
grasp the logic of the new depart
ure and the American women will
not be slow in adopting the new
style. The French women of fash
ion were at last forced to admit that
a body cannot walk gracefully and
satisfactorily in skirts tow yards
wide. So the dressmakers. rather
than sacrifice the clinging draperies,
have hit upon a compromise which
the call LA June Aandrogoyen."
This new garment, however, is not
nearly SO fearsome sits name would
indicate. At the back 1t hangs in
the usutl straight" habit-back" ef.
fest. In front, under q panel, the
skirt is divided, SO that each leg Is
incased In a separate fabric, and
the wearer of the skirt is enabled to
walk and sit much more gracefully
than in one Of the ordinary skirts.
There is no feminine garment
more useful and becoming than an
evning wrap and none more easily
made at home by even an inexperi-
enced woman. Considering these
facts one wonders at the number of
women who appear in public with
pretty frocks inartistically peeping
from below odrinary tailored coats
Or pinned up beneath the ugly dis
guise of rain coats.
The evening wrap need not neces-
sarily be expensive. From two yards
OF broadcloth may be cut big cape
that will cover the wearer from eek
to heels. And doubtless a rummage
through cues wardrobe will bring
to light some half-worn party frock
which can much more wisely be made
to DO duty as an evening cloak than
forced into shabby use for another
season.
Even more important than the
outside Is the lining of the evening
wrap. 1t should be as handsome as
ones purse can afford; for 1t is con-
stantly in evidence when the cloak
Is thrown back, draped over a chair
Or carried on an escorts arm. If
the outer fabric be dark, rey lin
Ing will save the wrap from any
suggestion OF somberness II the
wrap itself Is light, the linin can
scarcely be too dainty and delicate.
And the lining. be it remembered
should always be chosen with its
character OF harmonious back
ground for the costume held strong
ly in mind.
Extra warmth is given to some of
these long capes by the method OF
draping one front over the other.
When the wearer is indoors, the
fronts of the cape hang open in the
usual way, to display the pretty
frock beneath. Before one steps in
to the cold night the right front of
the cape is thrown upward to the
left shoulder, three button noles
near the bottom being fastened to
the three buttons along the left
shoulder seam. This is a receful no.
ton as well as practicable one;
and it will be welcomed by the mas
culine escort, who justly feels that
the cape in supplantin the sleeved
cloak, has deprived him of one of
his most cherished privileges-th
'tucking in of fluffy sleeves.
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The capuchon or earlier has quick
ly found favor in this country. and
the debutante need have no fear of
being unbecomingly dressed on her
way to a dinner party or BALL A
woman's face is prettiest when franz
ed, and when the frame Is artistic.
the wearer appears at her best. The
French hccds are combined of tulles.
of chiffons. of satin. and of velvets.
They are usually made on huge out