The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-08-25
FADS AND FASHIONS.


models have begun to arrive from
Paris in a bewildering variety OF
styles. Medieval and Lopis styles
are both represented in the latest
models that have come from Paris.
The polonaise, cuirass, tunic and PAN
nier are evidently finding extreme
favor with the French women OF
fashion. This vogue has spread to
the tailored gowns and coat suits, but
that is another story. Besides getting
much from the Louis periods this
years autumn fashion seems also to
have gathered some points from the
style of 1866. The head dress, ex-
cepting perhaps our grandmothers'
beau catchers, Is much the same.
Many of the bodices and trimmings
also put one in a reminiscent mood.
In looking over these new models
the observer will be struck by the
fact that all these styles seem to be
made for the moderately slim If not
actually thin women. There seems to
be nothing in the collection that will
suit the women of generous proper
tons. The gowns of the moyen age
period are not for her, for their
tightness. which plainly reveals every
line of the body, is bound to betray
the presence OF every pound of super
fluOus fat and make the heavyweight
wearer appear ludicrous. 1t is true.
corsets, tightly encasing the body
from neck to knee, and other con-
trivances have been devised to
squeeze fat and shapeless bodies into
some semblance of the form required
by the close-mitting midiaeval gowns.
but the result is far from being salts
factory. Any person who had the
opportunity of attending some social
function in matron circles will be
forced to admit that.
| Even the underwear shows the in
fluence of the Louis XII. period. The
sheath gown almost did away with
underwear and reduced 1t to a scant
minimum. 1t is true, the moyen age
styles gives one more liberty In that
respect, but still, the lines of the I'M
dergarments must conform to those
of the gown and it is this require
ment which causes SO much trouble
to the voluminous women Close fit
ting undergarments are an absolute
necessity for them. Pantlets, just as
our mothers and grandmothers used
to wear, tight and buttoned, have to
be worn with moyen age dresses.
That is good enough for slim and
slender women, but imagine a fat
woman in a garment of that descrip-
ton!
Among the materials for late sum-
mer gowns foulards are particularly
strong. with pongee in its countless
varieties a close second. Other good
materials are changeable taffetas,
moires, cashmere de sole, bordure
silk voiles and Japanese silks. Sky
blue foulards, with white dots. rose
colored grounds with black dots,
with dots in the various shades of
peacock blue, soft blue with silvery
gray figures, and the numerous de-
signs of kindergarten patterns are
all in vogue just now. The dots in
foulards run from the size of a pin
head to that of silver dollar The
white pinhead dots are usually pleas
| ing on moss-green and azure grounds
and produce a restful effect not found
in many materials.
The kindergarten patterns run in
white figures on dark grounds, sill
yer on deep blue and other fascinat-
ing contrasts. One of the many at
tractive points about foulards is the
inability of ones neighbor to abso-
lutely discern whether the frock cost
Is cents or $3.50 a yard. These silks
have the added grace of yielding to
the Establishments of the pressing
iron SO well that they retain their
new appearance longer than most
other silks.
Silk bordure voiles are a fascinas-
ing material They come in forty
eight-inch width, and are frequently
seen with bright blue ground and
white dots graduating in size from
a dime to half dollar piece. This
material is soft and manageable
far more so than the wooden voiles.
1t has just little more body to it
than chiffon cloth. Pongee is at
tractive In any shade, but this pliable
understanding material is most al
Turing in the sky tints.
Many of the pongees are trimmed
in self-colored laces. the natural
shade in deep ecru Pongee lends It.
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