The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-03-17
Prevailing Fabrics Of the Season.

The conspicuous note in materials
Tor the season just past has been the
safins, messaliDe and broadcloths.
Satins and messalines in particular
were popular from their clinging ma
ture, which was such desirable adj
junct to the styles of this period.
That same style prevails for spring
and therefore these materials, in sea-
sonable weights, will obtain during
the coming months. Broadcloths also.
OF a lighter nature. will be very pop
ular. Black satin-faced fabrics are
getting stronger every day in favor
and will be conspicuous for evening
wear, even during the warm months
at the more fashionable resorts.
Blacks will also command attention
an silk and wooden textures and are
SHOWN extensively in fine serges,
soliels, Invisible stripes and checks
for street wear. Corded silks are pre-
dicted to be wanted and dealers every
where are laying in great quantities |
of this character of fabric. Foulards
are very fashionable for this season.
and while they are shown in both
heroic and small designs. in the main
the small figures will be most favored
Conventional figures and modified
geometrics take precedence over the
floral designs. This is also true in
wash goods. Plaijs will not be very
popular this season. excepting for
school girls and children. The tend
ency is more toward plain fabrics.
Mixtures and small checks are the
predominant note of wooden fabrics.
The newest fabrics for spring show a
lot OF old rose. dull pink. faded pink.
resedas, olives. bronzes and many
shades Of green. Hunters green will
be especially fashionable. Pansy
shades show many exquisite treat
ments. High grade cream colors are
very fashionable and. will be worn
much in light weight broadcloths. In
millinery, too. corded silks will be
popular, especially in bengalines ana
crystals.
In the wash goods fabrics, II is 1.
certainty that ginghams will be very
marked in preferment. Wash fabrics
at about fifty cents yard are mostly
shown in printed goods, self figured
effects and brilliant surfaced cloths.
that have the appearance of pure silk
Some Of these are advertised for
evening wear. Crinkled crepe novel;
ties in light fabrics that have the ap-
pearance OF crinkled silk are shown
by smart shops. In wash fabrics the
light shades of brown and tan are ex-
tremely good. Blues are also stylish
in all tones of the shade. Copen-
hagen and green-blue shades that
have been so popular in wool goods
are now shown in wash fabrics. Other
good shades in wash materials are
heliotropes, purple. grays and smoke.
The spring fabrics will be lustrous,
and II is therefore to be presumed
that the various mohairs will be
largely worn aud as late as next
autumn as well. In tussahs there
is lustrous finish that promises to
be smart. Rough weave linens.
French linens and shantung linens
will be very popular for one-piece
frocks, but pique seems To have the
preference for outing suits. Open
mesh goods and crash will also havs
extensive following. Himalaya cloth,
:losely resembling the genuine Shan
Jung. Is newcomer In gown ma
kial II is a double mercerized
N. has the small knots like tue
ktung and can be washed and
many times without Affecting