The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-08-14
FADS AND FASHIONS.



growing tendency toward increasing
the fulness of skirt and sleeves no
ticeably in the latest creations of the
famous Paris designers. This is in
teresting news to the American wo-
men of fashion. OF course, it re-
mains to be seen how far this lately
developed tendency will go. The
flowing movement of sheer supply
stuffs over clinging foundations
which characterize many Of the mid
summer models is very different
thing from fullness and drapery in
heavier materials. In the mean time
the skirt yoke and cuirass ideas have
offered compromise eagerly accept
ed and host of models along these
lines have been launched.
Some of these models are bizarre
and trying and particularly unbe
coming to women Of too voluptuous
development. A fat woman in a
princess trotting frock of cuirass
effect clinging tightly around the
hips and perhaps half way to the
knees where it meets flounce or
plating, is a sight to make a cat
laugh, and yet they will wear such
frocks. That is so much more mex
cusable as there is such a variety in
the seasons modes that something
becoming to any figure is within the
possibilities.
The corsage may be slightly full
instead of flatly clinging where full
ness is more becoming. The corsage
and skirt have come back, to the
consolation of those for whom the
popular moyen age princess lines are
altogether too trying. The new
skirts present so many arrangements
of fulness that every figure may be
suited All that is needed is good
taste and a knowledge of ones own
limitations.
Tunic arrangements, often but lit
tie deeper than the long cuirass, are
sometimes developed in contrasting
lace or embroidered net or some
other supple material. For exam
pie, a charming frock of rose silk
mousseline had a full soft skirt of
the mousseline and a draped bodice
of SUPPLE fichu effect, of the same
material. Over this rose frock was
draped little tunic formed from
shawl of fine black Chantilly, one
point running up over the bodice
front in bib fashion. another point
falling over the skirt front but reach
ing not much more than half way to
the knees
Speaking of draperies, one Of the
innovations that achieved success in
the late season at Paris was a pic
turesque draped material, which was
brought up to the left shoulder in the
back, fastened there and left to fall
free, much after the traditional fash
ion of the pages cloak.
Foulards are still much liked for
the utility frock and the newest
models all show much fulness in the
skirts. the long skirts often being
frilled all around the waist band or
draped, while the trotting frocks of
foulard are chiefly of the yoke-skirt
variety. The skirt yoke may run on
up over the bodice in some one of the
pretty princess effects which are so
popular, but many of the best models
have a bodice slightly full and held
in by girdle, while the smooth fit
ting yoke of the skirt has a very
deep flounce or plating joining it
we'll below the hips.
1t may be true that the lingerie
blouse is not as popular this year as
in former seasons owing to the vogue
of the princess styles, but, judging
from the large number of we'll dress
ed women who wear such blouses on
suitable occasions, the reported de-
cline of this garments popularity is
rather problematical. The lingerie
blouse is too comfortable and prac-
teal to lose its hold on feminine
favor altogether Each season the de-
signers develop new blouse ideas, al
though after all these seasons the
thing would seem impossible.
This year the novelties have, to a
large extent, taken the form of the
introduction of color into smart
blouses. 1t is true, this innovation
presents some rather difficult prob
lens to the laundress, but it can
not be denied that charming effects
are produced by these touches of
color The blouse material may be
of white and color, fine striped ba-
tistes being popular in this class and