Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-06-18
Domgs in the
World ofFashion
BY pHoEeE A. REED.

The demand for chiffon materials
promises to be unprecedented this sea-
son. unless the makers of the modes
fatty deny their own children and re-
fuse to live up to the laws they have
laid down in their early season models.
1t is ex~trayagant, of course, this fad of
the chiffon frock, the chiffon coat, etc,
for chiffon seldom goes u~nadorned, and
this filmy material is beautiful in the
smartest models of a wealth of hand
work-embroidery. braiding, inset lace,
etc. Moreover, chiffon must be used
lavishly. No skimping in the soft
graceful folds. No sparing Of material
In the draperies. Set over against these
objections the beauty of the material,
it's ideal draping qualities n the fact
that the heavier quality of chiffon,
known as chiffon cloth, wears surpris-
ingly we'll in spite Of its sheerness and
comes out fresh md lovely from fire.
quent pressing. 1t is the mode. There
is the only unanswerable argument in
its favor.
Something in Foulards.
Some sheer, lovely marquisettes and
6indred materials share honors with
chiffon in the designing OF the new thin
coats and sheer costumes, but, on the
whole, we find the chiffon preferable.
No other material gives just the cloudy,
yelling effect which most exquisitely
softens contrasting color or contrasting
surfaces in the sameI color.
One importer has put forth some orig
inal and lovely models in foulard, chif-
fon yelled. He uses a bordure dotted
foulard, For example there Is a cling
ing. simple frock OF soft old blue satin
foulard, with white water dots over it's
surface and a border OF big graduated
white dots. The plain skirt is limp and
long and untrimmed, save for the Dor
der around the bottom. Over this frock
or slip, for it is little more, and the
coat is Joined to it, not separates a
loose, graceful DAT of smoky gray chif-
fon. a little short of waist, finished
around the edges in gray silk. braided
finely and lightly in gray and silver and
fastening with big braid ornaments of
h gray and Silver-an odd combina-
ton which sounds bizarre, but is, in
fact, very lovely and not conspicuous.
Coat Same Color.
More often the chiffon coat Is in the
color of the frock with which ii is to
be worn and made separately from it.
One recent importation included a gown
of this sort in ne of the new blues.
which ave the greenish tone associated
with the peacock hues, but are much
softer and duller than the more vivid
peacock blues. They might be called
peacock blues dashed with gray.
The frock Of chiffon is almost entirely
hidden by a oat of the chiffon falling
in straight. soft folds from the shout
ders n at the bottom running down
in long points almost to the hem of the
frock. but sloping up at front and back.
The coat is bordered widely by self
color embroidery. and a deep collar fall
ing out over the shoulders is almost
wholly of this embroidery. The soft
ness of the material prevents the full
ness from being in any way bungle-
some, and the embroidery weights the
chiffon down into clinging lines, so that
the effect is that of a cloudy yelling
through which the family defined lines
of the figure show.
One of the exquisite new green's, deli
cate enough TO suggest the very first
baby leaves of spring. is particularly
effective in chiffon cloth, and a summer
frock of such green chiffon is made in
the straight, long princess effect. draped
slightly across the front and sides and
shirred in the middle back, the skirt
width at the bottom measuring perhaps
seven or eight yards. IL Is trimmed with
self tucking, satin buttons and loops
and inset bands OF a fine cream net
embroidered in tiny gold dots. and fol
wear over 1t Is a long. loose coat OF
the chiffon. sleeveless, satin trimmed
and fastening with big. effective satir
ornaments.